Crash testing and evaluation of TxDOT burn ban signs /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bligh, Roger P.
Corporate Authors:	United States. Federal Highway Administration, Texas. Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office, Texas Transportation Institute
Other Authors:	Menges, Wanda L.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	College Station, Tex. : Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University System, 2009.
Series:	Research report (Austin, Tex.) ; 0-5598-2.
Subjects:	Roads > Texas > Testing. Traffic signs and signals > Supports > Wisconsin. Sign supports. Highway safety. impact tests.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this online report (RITA National Transportation Library) Connect to the full text of this online report (Texas Transportation Institute)

Description
Abstract:	Texas counties expressed a desire to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to post advisory signs on the roadside to alert motorists when a burn ban is in effect. For obvious economic reasons, the preferred method of implementation is to append the burn ban notification signs to existing sign support structures already installed along Texas highways. In support of this request, TxDOT sponsored this project to evaluate the impact performance of a Texas slip base sign support system with a lightweight, composite burn ban sign appended to the support below the primary sign at a mounting height less than 7 ft. The impact performance of the burn ban sign support configurations was evaluated through full-scale crash testing. The crash testing was performed in accordance with the requirements of NCHRP Report 350. The configuration selected for testing incorporated a 24 inch x 24 inch x 0.080 inch thick aluminum confirmation sign mounted at a height of 7 ft, with the burn ban signs mounted below. Based on the satisfactory test results reported herein, the practice of appending a burn ban sign to an existing slip base sign support system is considered suitable for implementation.
Item Description:	Title from PDF title screen (October 1, 2009). "Performed in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration." "December 2008. Published: August 2009" "Report number FHWA/TX-08/0-5210-5"--Technical report documentation p. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	126 pages : digital, PDF file (13.69 MB) with illustrations (some color).
Format:	System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (page 75).