EVALUATION OF TEMPORARY DAY-NIGHT VISIBLE RAISED PAVEMENT MARKER ADEQUACY

Compared to paint, day-night visible raised pavement markers improve construction-zone traffic performance significantly. However, there is a need to find temporary markers that can withstand construction-zone traffic. After initial screening, six marker types were tested further for visibility and durability. The features that met the criteria for an adequate day-night visible temporary marker installed with butyl on primer are a streamlined profile, a microscopic cube-corner, sealed prismatic air cell, cube-corner reflex, or multiple-glass lens reflector, and a balance between the reflector area and casing area exposed to the driver. Two marker systems met these requirements: (a) a hollow acrylic marker with a sealed prismatic air cell reflector such as the Stimsonite 66B by the Amerace Corporation; and (b) a combination of a domed-shaped polyester marker such as the Titan TM-40 by the Traffic Safety Supply Company for day visibility, and a filled ABS shell marker with a cube-corner reflex reflector such as the Ray-o-Lite by I.T.L. Industries, Inc., or equivalent for night visibility.

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• Authors:
  • Davis, Thomas D
• Conference:
  • 65th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1986-1-13 to 1986-1-16
• Publication Date: 1986

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 8-12
• Monograph Title: ROADWAY MARKINGS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL IN WORK ZONES
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1086
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Durability; Performance; Raised road markings; Reflective signs; Visibility; Work zone traffic control
• Uncontrolled Terms: Field performance; Temporary
• Old TRIS Terms: Raised traffic markings; Reflector markers
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management; I35: Miscellaneous Materials; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00471794
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309041066
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM