When an incident occurs that causes two lanes to be closed, a three-lane highway in one direction is carrying a total volume of 4700 veh/h. Calculate the maximum queue length, total delay, number of vehicle impacted by the event and average individual delays if the highways capacity is 2550 veh/h/ln. It takes 120 minutes to clear the obstacle.

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When an incident occurs that causes two lanes to be closed, a three-lane highway in one direction is carrying a total volume of 4700 veh/h. Calculate the maximum queue length, total delay, number of vehicle impacted by the event and average individual delays if the highways capacity is 2550 veh/h/ln. It takes 120 minutes to clear the obstacle.
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