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.

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

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.

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.

SHEFFIELD, Ala. (WHNT) – On April Fool’s Day 1969, a little building on Jackson Highway opened its doors and subsequently changed the history of music — and Alabama — forever. Four young ...

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 ...