0-6782 : development of design standards for mounting temporary large guide signs.

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• Creators:
  Bligh, Roger P. ; Arrington, Dusty R. ; Menges, Wanda L. ; Kuhn, Darrell L.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Guide signs
  • Temporary structures
  • Design standards
  • Sign supports
  • Wood
  • Wind resistant design
  • Construction sites
• Publication/ Report Number:
  0-6782
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  A common issue during phased highway ; construction projects is the need to temporarily ; relocate large guide signs on the roadside or install ; new guide signs for temporary use. Many of these ; signs are larger than 100 ft2 in size and cannot be ; accommodated on small sign supports. The ; conventional concrete foundations used for large ; guide signs are costly and time consuming to ; install and remove. They are often left in place, ; creating problems for mowing and maintenance. ; This project developed a series of design standards ; for mounting temporary guide signs that are cost ; effective, crashworthy, and capable of ; accommodating wind load requirements. The “Give ; Us a Brake” sign, which has an area of 128 ft2, ; served as a good basis for designs developed.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28366/dot_28366_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 608.84 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e7275521be92921e1ae38759f2ec99a7c3f41882b1a89440d446bebf6a066ada