New Route 113 Crosswalk Celebrated With Hope It Will ‘Save A Life’

BERLIN – Local officials and community members celebrated the completion of a countdown crosswalk at the intersection of Route 113 and Bay Street with a ribbon cutting last week.

The crosswalk, long advocated for by area residents, is near the place where Berlin teenager Tymeir Dennis died after being struck by a vehicle while trying to cross the highway. His father, Quintin Dennis, said he was pleased to see the much-needed crosswalk in place.

“Maybe it’ll save a life and someone else won’t have to go through the same thing my family went through,” he said.

Citizens rallied together to make the crosswalk a reality after Tymeir Dennis’ death in November 2013. They formed the Berlin Pedestrian Safety Committee and began working with officials from Maryland’s State Highway Administration to make the area more pedestrian friendly. There is a now a countdown crosswalk —which provides pedestrians with audible and visible notification of how much time they have to cross — and the speed limit on Route 113 through Berlin has been lowered to 45 mph.

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