METHODS AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR PAVEMENT MARKING

QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO ALL THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS CONTAINING OVER 70 ITEMS RELATING TO THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT USED, METHODS OF APPLICATION, DRYING TIME OF PAINT, USE OF GLASS SPHERES FOR NIGHT REFLECTANCE TOGETHER WITH OTHER PERTINENT ASPECTS OF PAVEMENT MARKING. DATA ANALYSIS OF QUESTIONNAIRES INDICATES A GROWING INTEREST IN MARKING TRAFFIC LINES ON PAVEMENTS AS A MEANS OF SAFETY ON HIGHWAYS. FROM 48 STATES REPORTING, 18 REPORT THAT THE STRIPERS WERE DESIGNED AND BUILT IN THEIR OWN SHOPS, 29 REPORT THAT STRIPERS WERE PURCHASED FROM COMMERCIAL SOURCES AND ONE STATE REPORTS THAT THEIR MARKINGS ARE PLACED BY A CONTRACTOR. THIRTY STATES REPORT USING SELF-PROPELLED UNITS, NINE TRAIL THE UNIT, EIGHT USE THE PUSHMOBILE TYPE. FORTY- FOUR STATES USE PRESSURE NOZZLES WHILE FOUR USE THE FLOW TYPE. THIRTY-EIGHT STATES PLACE PRELIMINARY MARKINGS FOR THE EQUIPMENT TO FOLLOW. THIRTY-SEVEN STATES PLUS FOUR PROVINCES REPORTING FROM CANADA USE REFLECTORIZED MARKINGS FOR INCREASED NIGHT SAFETY. DASH LINE LENGTH AND SPACING IS ACCORDING TO QUALITY OF PAINT AND APPLICATION METHODS.

• Record URL:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 36, pp 1-6 Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Waters, Charles R
• Publication Date: 1951

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 1-6
• Monograph Title: Pavement marking
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 36
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data analysis; Equipment; Glass; Mathematical analysis; Night visibility; Nozzles; Questionnaires; Reflective signs; Road marking materials; Road markings; Spacing; State highways; Striping
• Old TRIS Terms: Beading; Reflector markers; Traffic marking; Traffic marking equipment; Traffic marking materials
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225419
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 28 1994 12:00AM