EVALUATION OF INTERSTATE PAVEMENT MARKING RETROREFLECTIVITY
With new federal minimum pavement marking retroreflectivity requirements looming on the horizon, the South Carolina Department of Transportation initiated a research project to develop a systematic methodology to quantitatively evaluate pavement marking materials used on South Carolina's interstate highways. The project began with a number of objectives--all of which were accomplished. These included conducting a literature review of previous work, surveying state departments of transportation concerning their pavement marking practices, comparing different devices for collecting retroreflectivity data, and developing models that could predict the degradation of retroreflectivity over time. This report documents the work conducted on this project.
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Corporate Authors:
Clemson University
Department of Civil Engineering
Clemson, SC United States 29634South Carolina Department of Transportation
Silas N. Pearman Building, 955 Park Street
Columbia, SC United States 29202Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Sarasua, W A
- Clarke, D B
- Davis, W J
- Publication Date: 2003-4-12
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 85 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Data collection; Interstate highways; Literature reviews; Mathematical models; Retroreflectivity; Road marking materials; Road markings; State departments of transportation; Surveys
- Uncontrolled Terms: Degradation (Materials); Retroreflectometers
- Geographic Terms: South Carolina
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management; I35: Miscellaneous Materials; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00962902
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-SC-03-01,, Final Report
- Contract Numbers: SPR-595
- Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Sep 24 2003 12:00AM