Nighttime visibility of prototype work zone markings under dry, wet-recovery, and rain conditions

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2107, 2009, Pages 69-75

  Higgins, Laura ^a   Miles, Jeffrey D ^a   Carlson, Paul ^a   Burns, David ^b   Aktan, Fuat ^b   Zender, Mark ^b   Kaczmarczik, James M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DURABILITY; GLASS; GLASS INDUSTRY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HIGHWAY MARKINGS; LATEXES; PAINT; PAVEMENTS; RAIN; RECOVERY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS;

'DRY' [; BENCHMARK SYSTEM; CONDITION; GLASS BEAD; MARKING SYSTEM; NIGHT-TIME VISIBILITIES; PAVEMENT MARKINGS; WET WEATHER; WORK ZONES; ZONE MARKING;

VISIBILITY;

EID: 76249118372     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2107-07     Document Type: Article

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