LOW LEVEL BRIDGE LIGHTING INSTALLED IN NEW JERSEY
OVER THE PAST FORTY YEARS MARKED CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN HIGHWAY ILLIMINATION. MODERN LIGHTING SYSTEMS, USING LUMINAIRES MOUNTED ON MAST ARMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WHICH PROVIDE SATISFACTORY ILLUMINATION AND ARE HIGHLY EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL. HOWEVER, EXPERIMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN CONDUCTED WITHIN RECENT YEARS TO SEE IF CHANGING THE LOCATION OF THE LIGHT SOURCE AND ALTERING THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE LIGHT TRAVEL WITH REFERENCE TO THE SURFACE OF THE ROAD COULD PRODUCE IMPROVED VISIBILITY. WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LINEAR LIGHT SOURCE, THE FLUORESCENT LAMP, THIS CHANGE OF LOCATION HAS BECOME FEASIBLE. LOCATED ALONGSIDE THE ROADWAY INSTEAD OF ABOVE IT, LOW LEVEL LIGHTING APPEARS TO HAVE ADVANTAGES OVER CONVENTIONAL OVERHEAD LIGHTING SYSTEMS FOR SOME APPLICATIONS. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 36, No 3, PP 18-20
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Authors:
- Gwynn, D W
- Publication Date: 1965-12
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Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Fluorescent lamps; Height; Highway bridges; Improvements; Light; Location; Luminaires; Street lighting
- Uncontrolled Terms: Light sources
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00219932
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 8 1994 12:00AM