PERFORMANCE REPORT ON THERMOPLASTIC STRIPING

THE PERFORMANCE OF THERMOPLASTIC STRIPING AND STANDARD CENTERLINE PAINT WAS OBSERVED ON STATE HIGHWAYS IN MISSISSIPPI. THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THERMOPLASTIC STRIPING WAS PLACED AT SEVEN YEARS ON HEAVILY TRAVELLED HIGHWAYS. RENEWAL OF CENTERLINE PAINT IS REQUIRED EVERY SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS TO MAINTAIN AN EFFECTIVE LINE. COST COMPARISON SHOWS THAT' /1/ THERMOPLASTIC IS AN ADEQUATE AND DURABLE REFLECTORIZED STRIPING MATERIAL, /2/ THERMOPLASTIC PERFORMS WELL AT NIGHT, DURING RAIN AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS OF POOR VISIBILITY, /3/ SERVICE LIFE OF THERMOPLASTIC IS GREATER, THEREBY FREEING THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC FROM ANNOYANCE ATTENDANT TO STRIPING, AND /4/ THERMOPLASTIC STRIPING IS ACTUALLY CHEAPER THAN CONVENTIONAL PAINTS ON HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME ROADS OVER A SEVEN-YEAR PERIOD.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 2, 10 Pp, 2 TAB, 15 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Mississippi State Highway Department

  P.O. Box 1850
  Jackson, MI  United States  39215
• Publication Date: 1965-8-30

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Center lines; Costs; Paint; Performance; Reflectorized materials; Road markings; Service life; State highways; Striping materials; Thermoplastic materials
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216161
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 23 1994 12:00AM