They're massive, they're everywhere and they're surprisingly misunderstood—here's what a highway wall is really for ...

PennDOT is planning a sound abatement wall project in parts of Chester along I-95. (KATHLEEN E. CAREY - DAILY TIMES) He also warned that the walls will reduce the sound but it won’t eliminate it.

Officials say the noise barrier on that strip of highway is 3,000 feet long. Photovoltaic panels — known more commonly as solar panels — will be mounted to the noise barrier.

MONTECITO, Calif. -- The proposed sound walls on the Montecito portion of the Highway 101: Carpinteria to Santa Barbara construction project were removed after it was found that the walls would ...

Neither do I. But the solution to highway noise is not to create a walled canyon paid for by others. Sound barriers, in my view, are a waste of precious resources.

Wolfe said that he knows that residents of Ft. Wright have asked for a sound wall. “It is not an uncommon request to have some kind of sound wall,” he said.

News Connecticut News CT highway sound barrier plan would cost $300M. Residents: traffic noise ‘borderline unbearable’ Richard Messina / Hartford Courant ...

HOBE SOUND — An area of Southeast Dixie Highway, north of Southeast Church Street, was closed the morning of May 1 as a result of a chlorine gas leak at a mobile home park, officials said.

WE’RE USED TO SEEING SOLAR PANELS ALONG SIDE THE HIGHWAY, BUT WE COULD SOON THE STATE HARNESSING SAROL ENERGY ON HIGHWAY SOUND BARRIERS LIKE THESE. SPECIFICALLY, THIS BARRIER ANGLO ROUTE 128 IN ...

SUNLIGHT IS ABOUT TO PLAY HOST TO A BUNCH OF SOLAR PANELS. WE’RE USED TO SEEING SOLAR PANELS ALONG SIDE THE HIGHWAY, BUT WE COULD SOON THE STATE HARNESSING SAROL ENERGY ON HIGHWAY SOUND BARRIERS ...