WAYS TO PROTECT CREWS IN MOBILE WORK ZONES

This article discusses a new booklet entitled, "Work-Zone Safety: Guidelines for Construction, Maintenance, and Utility Operations," published by the Transportation Information Center at the University of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation. This booklet shows how to lay out traffic control for work zones in a variety of common situations and emphasizes short-term work sites, providing explicit guidelines for mobile operations. It also provides guidance for short duration operations which can last up to 1 hour. More than 30 readable diagrams show work-zone signing and set-up for shoulder work, lane closures, and intersection projects for various traffic speeds and highway types. For mobile situations, the booklet lists 4 basic diagrams for: shoulder work on a 2-lane road, lane work on a 2-lane road, using flaggers on a 2-lane road, and lane work on a multi-lane road.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1519687
• Corporate Authors:

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  P.O. Box 558
  Park Ridge, IL  United States  60068
• Publication Date: 2000-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 17-19
• Serial:
  • Better Roads
  • Volume: 70
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: James Informational Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0006-0208
  • Serial URL: http://www.betterroads.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Guidelines; Highway maintenance; Highway safety; Lane closure; Traffic control; Work zone safety; Work zones
• Identifier Terms: University of Wisconsin; Wisconsin Department of Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mobile operations
• Geographic Terms: United States; Wisconsin
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00789476
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 20 2002 12:00AM