Pavement Marking Cost Effectiveness
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Pavement Marking Cost Effectiveness



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  • Creators:
  • Corporate Creators:
    South Dakota. Department of Transportation. Office of Research
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  • Publication/ Report Number:
    SD90-12-F
  • Resource Type:
    Tech Report
  • Geographical Coverage:
  • Edition:
    Final Report October 1990 to November 1992
  • Corporate Publisher:
    South Dakota. Department of Transportation. Office of Research
  • Abstract:
    This report describes research performed by the South Dakota Department of Transportation on the cost effectiveness of its present pavement marking material, alkyd, and several alternatives. Epoxy, water-based paint and tape were also monitored and evaluated in this study. Test sections were installed in both rural and urban areas. Reflectivity was monitored with the use of a retroreflectometer. Pavement markings used were compared to one another by monitoring their performance and comparing their cost per foot, with consideration being given to the amount of time the marking's retroreflectivity remained above some minimum level. It was found that although alkyd is cheaper than other pavement markings, it does not provide year-round traffic delineation, and is therefore not effective. Water based paint, while being only slightly more costly than alkyd, performed nearly as well as epoxy, making it the most cost effective marking for the rural environment. In the urban test sections, none of the markings lasted much longer than two or three months. The epoxy placed in Sioux Falls was installed in October, 1991. Because of the lateness of the installation and temperatures lower than manufacturer's recommendations, the epoxy did not perform as well as it normally would have. Water based paint was not used in the urban test sections, but it is recommended that water base be tried in an urban setting.
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