RAILING TYPE BRIDGE LIGHTING

TESTS WERE CONDUCTED ON FIVE TYPES OF LOW MOUNTED RAILING TYPE LIGHTING FIXTURES TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT WAS FEASIBLE TO USE THIS METHOD OF LIGHTING FOR A PARTICULAR INTERCHANGE IN THE ALBANY AREA. FACTORS INVESTIGATED INCLUDED' SPACING AND MOUNTING HEIGHT OF THE FIXTURES, ILLUMINATION, ROADWAY BRIGHTNESS, GLARE, VISIBILITY, EFFECTS OF SNOW ON OPERATION, AND COSTS OF INSTALLATION AND OPERATION. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT INSTALLATION WAS FEASIBLE AND A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr, 36
• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Transportation

  1220 Washington Avenue
  Albany, NY  United States  12232
• Publication Date: 1965-8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge railings; Brightness; Building; Costs; Crash investigation; Facilities; Feasibility analysis; Frost damage; Glare; Height; Illuminating engineering; Installation; Interchanges; Light; Lighting equipment; Machinery; Operating costs; Operations; Snow and ice control; Spacing; Street lighting; Studies; Testing; Visibility
• Geographic Terms: Albany (New York)
• Old TRIS Terms: Fixtures; Illumination engineering; Low mounted; Mounting; Railing; Types
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219651
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 1 1994 12:00AM