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/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Res Rept No 63-2-65, HPR-1/3/, E-456
- Corporate Authors: Little Rock, AR United States 72203
- Publication Date: 1965-7
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Adhesion; Bituminous materials; Concrete pavements; Durability; Economic benefits; Evaluation; Field tests; Plastics; Road marking materials; Striping materials; Surface treating; Test sections; Thermoplastic materials; Traffic lanes
- Identifier Terms: Interstate Highway System
- Geographic Terms: Arkansas
- Old TRIS Terms: Arkansas standard paint; Bituminous surfacing; Buttons; Preforms; Traffic marking materials
- Subject Areas: Economics; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;
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