EXPERIMENTAL PAVEMENT MARKINGS

TRAFFIC LANE STRIPING MATERIALS INCLUDING HOT-APPLIED THERMOPLASTICS, PREFORMED PLASTICS, PRECAST BUTTONS, AND ARKANSAS STANDARD PAINT WERE EVALUATED FOR DURABILITY AND RELATIVE ECONOMY AND OBSERVED OVER A PERIOD OF 2 YEARS ON A 2 1/2 MILE SECTION OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN ARKANSAS, THAT INCLUDED CONCRETE AND BITUMINOUS SURFACES. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT PRECAST BUTTONS AND PREFORMED PLASTICS DID NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE DURABILITY BECAUSE OF POOR ADHESION TO CONCRETE SURFACES. IT WAS FURTHER CONCLUDED THAT THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS, AS COMPARED TO STANDARD PAINT, ARE ECONOMICALLY JUSTIFIED WHERE TRAFFIC DENSITY EXCEEDS 6000 VEHICLES PER DAY. /BPR/

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • Res Rept No 63-2-65, HPR-1/3/, E-456
  • Corporate Authors:

    Arkansas State Highway Department

    Little Rock, AR  United States  72203
  • Publication Date: 1965-7

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00215847
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
  • Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
  • Created Date: Dec 29 1994 12:00AM