AN INNOVATIVE MOTORWAY LIGHTING INSTALLATION - THE "OFF HIGHWAY" SYSTEM

The "off highway" lighting system is unique to the UK and has been derived from a development pioneered in the USA over last four years. The "off highway" system is so named by the fact that the lighting columns are located at the rear of the hard shoulder. It incorporates in its design several advantages over present "conventional" UK motorway lighting designs, such as central, opposite mounted or catenary systems. These advantages include a large reduction in the number of lighting lanterns and columns, the utilisation of a colour corrected son/t lamp with a substantial increase in light output over the sox equivalent, also increased lamp life, greater accessibility for maintenance purposes with a large reduction in coning and signing requirements necessary to carry out the work - this is at present an escalating cost. Before approval to the scheme was given a trial system was installed and tested; the observations and results are included within this paper. (a) (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Association of Public Lighting Engineers

  78 Buckingham Gate, Westminster
  London SW1E 6PF,   England 
• Authors:
  • Johnson, B
  • SIMPSON, D
• Publication Date: 1980-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 158
• Serial:
  • Public Lighting
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Association of Public Lighting Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: All terrain vehicles; Columns; Costs; Design; Freeways; Lanterns; Lighting columns; Location; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Numbers; Paved shoulders; Service life; Sodium; Street lighting; Vehicle rear end
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Maintenance costs; Rear
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 9009: Decrease; 9011: Design (overall design); 2916: Hard shoulder; 516: Lantern; 545: Lighting (street); 527: Lighting column; 9061: Location; 3847: Maintenance; 2752: Motorway; 6432: Number; 9067: Rear; 7197: Sodium; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00329675
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM