RAISED PAVEMENT MARKER STINSONITE 99

FEASIBILITY TESTS WERE CONDUCTED ON THE USE OF STINSONITE 99 RAISED PAVEMENT MARKERS IN AREAS WHERE SNOW PLOWING IS NECESSARY ON AN INSTALLATION LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SACRAMENTO FREEWAY, ROUTE 99. MARKERS WERE INSTALLED IN SEPTEMBER UNDER GOOD WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR GOOD ADHESIVE CURE, AND TESTS PERFORMED IN OCTOBER. A FRONT-MOUNTED PLOW ON A FOUR-TON TRUCK CHASSIS MADE SIX PASSES AT SPEEDS UP TO 25-30 MILES PER HOUR ON THE INSTALLATIONS WITH NO APPRECIABLE DAMAGE. A MOTOR GRADER WEIGHING ABOUT 14 TONS MADE A SERIES OF PASSES USING HIGH BLADE PRESSURE AND BLADE ANGLE ABOUT 40 DEGREES. MARKERS BETWEEN THE WHEEL TRACKS WERE DAMAGED ON THE FIRST PASS AND MARKERS OUTSIDE THE WHEEL TRACKS FAILED WITHIN THREE MORE PASSES. BLADE DAMAGE WAS EXCESSIVE. A PREVIOUS INSTALLATION ON I-080 NEAR KINGVALE DURING THE WINTER SHOWED THAT NORMAL SNOWPLOWING OPERATIONS WITH A MOTOR GRADER REMOVED ALL MARKERS WITHIN 24 HOURS. THE STINSONITE 99 RAISED PAVEMENT MARKER WILL NOT WITHSTAND SEVERE SNOWPLOWING OPERATIONS OF THE KIND PERFORMED IN THIS TEST.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 12-18, 6 PHOT
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transportation

  /Construction and Maintenance Div
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Ellis, R W
  • Bartholomew, J
• Publication Date: 1969-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Feasibility analysis; Graders; Loss and damage; Raised separators; Road markings; Snowplows; Testing
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225655
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 25 1970 12:00AM