A control sign facility design to meet the new FHWA minimum sign retroreflectivity standards

Public Works Management and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-194

  Harris, Elizabeth A ^a   Rasdorf, William ^a   Hummer, Joseph E ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset management; Retroreflectivity; Sign deterioration; Sign management; Sign testing; Traffic signs

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549168367     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: 15527549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X09350226     Document Type: Article

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