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Publication Number:  FHWA-HRT-12-048    Date:  November 2013
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-12-048
Date: November 2013

 

Pavement Marking Demonstration Projects: State of Alaska and State of Tennessee

APPENDIX C. PAVEMENT MARKING COST EFFECTIVENESS TABLES

This appendix contains tables showing the age of pavement markings as they reach various levels of retroreflectivity. The retroreflectivity degradation curves from appendix B were used to determine the age of the markings when they reached 250, 200, 150, and 100 mcd/m2/lux. These levels of retroreflectivity were selected because they incrementally represent a marking that is approaching a lower level of maintained retroreflectivity. As the marking reaches a minimum retroreflectivity level, the marking will need to be replaced. In addition to the age of the marking at these retroreflectivity levels, the tables include the cost of the marking per mile per year of service. The costs of each marking were described in the pavement marking costs section of this report. For more specific marking information, refer to appendix A.

NASHVILLE, TN, TEST DECK

Table 75. Cost effectiveness for section 1 TN-N.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Surface

250

0.8

2,611

200

1.7

1,237

150

2.9

737

100

4.5

469

Table 76. Cost effectiveness for section 2 TN-N.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach
Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at
Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

250

2.4

3.3

2.5

2.9

437

1,513

428

1,704

200

3.6

4.8

3.8

4.9

297

1,036

280

1,033

150

5.0

6.8

5.4

7.3

211

736

194

685

100

7.1

9.6

7.8

10.8

149

523

135

465

Table 77. Cost effectiveness for section 3 TN-N.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach
Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at
Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

250

3.1

3.5

3.1

3.1

517

1,565

516

1,778

200

4.1

4.6

4.0

4.1

390

1,206

399

1,356

150

5.4

6.0

5.1

5.3

296

931

309

1,038

100

7.2

7.9

6.8

7.1

221

704

234

781

Table 78. Cost effectiveness for section 4 TN-N.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Inlaid

250

9.9

44.0

62.0

265

150

106

200

12.0

52.7

77.3

220

125

85

150

14.6

64.0

97.0

181

103

68

100

18.3

79.9

124.8

144

83

53

Table 79. Cost effectiveness for section 5 TN-N.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Skip Line Surface

Edge Line Surface

Skip Line Surface

250

2.9

2.8

1,268

1,300

200

3.7

3.7

997

998

150

4.7

4.8

781

768

100

6.2

6.4

599

579

Table 80. Cost effectiveness for section 6 TN-N.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach
Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at
Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

250

4.6

5.1

2.5

3.4

93

856

172

1,288

200

6.7

7.7

3.8

5.5

63

571

111

795

150

9.4

11.0

5.5

8.2

45

400

77

533

100

13.2

15.6

7.9

12.1

32

281

53

363

Table 81. Cost effectiveness for section 7 TN-N.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach
Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at
Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

250

3.3

4.4

2.9

3.3

1,286

1,876

1,462

2,467

200

3.8

5.0

3.4

3.8

1,100

1,645

1,243

2,134

150

4.6

5.8

4.1

4.5

927

1,420

1,042

1,817

100

5.6

6.9

5.0

5.4

759

1,191

848

1,503

Table 82. Cost effectiveness for section 8 TN-N.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach
Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at
Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

250

2.7

2.6

2.1

2.0

461

2,005

608

2,565

200

4.5

4.0

3.4

3.0

279

1,308

371

1,719

150

6.9

5.8

5.1

4.3

185

903

247

1,207

100

10.1

8.3

7.5

6.2

125

629

168

849

Table 83. Cost effectiveness for section 9 TN-N.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach
Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at
Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

250

3.6

3.4

1.6

3.3

217

1,413

484

1,457

200

4.9

4.4

2.6

4.4

161

1,084

302

1,092

150

6.6

5.7

3.9

5.8

121

834

203

825

100

8.9

7.5

5.7

7.7

89

630

139

614

TUSCULUM, TN, TEST DECK

Table 84. Cost effectiveness for section 1 TN-T.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach
Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at
Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

250

2.0

1.6

1.4

1.6

935

3,639

1,361

3,666

200

2.4

1.9

1.7

2.0

766

2,986

1,076

2,874

150

3.0

2.4

2.2

2.6

621

2,424

847

2,248

100

3.8

3.0

2.8

3.4

490

1,917

652

1,720

Table 85. Cost effectiveness for section 2 TN-T a.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach
Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at
Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

250

6.8

7.8

4.5

2.6

1,243

1,584

1,885

4,757

200

8.8

9.9

6.0

3.3

956

1,257

1,406

3,774

150

11.5

12.5

8.0

4.2

737

993

1,059

2,980

100

15.2

16.2

10.8

5.4

557

766

785

2,299

Table 86. Cost effectiveness for section 2 TN-T b.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach
Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at
Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

250

1.0

2.0

1.5

1.9

10,243

7,248

7,005

7,690

200

1.6

2.6

2.3

2.7

6,430

5,640

4,525

5,403

150

2.4

3.3

3.4

3.7

4,345

4,385

3,107

3,906

100

3.5

4.3

4.9

5.2

2,982

3,338

2,155

2,809

Table 87. Cost effectiveness for section 3 TN-T.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach
Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at
Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

250

1.0

3.4

1.2

2.1

412

1,271

349

2,080

200

1.6

4.8

1.9

3.1

271

918

226

1,402

150

2.2

6.5

2.7

4.4

188

675

156

987

100

3.2

8.9

3.9

6.3

132

492

108

697

Table 88. Cost effectiveness for section 4 TN-T.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach
Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at
Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

250

3.3

3.3

1.6

2.1

238

1,428

482

2,233

200

4.5

4.5

2.2

2.9

175

1,050

358

1,659

150

6.1

6.1

3.0

3.8

131

783

268

1,246

100

8.2

8.3

4.0

5.2

96

576

198

922

Table 89. Cost effectiveness for section 5 TN-T a.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach
Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at
Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

250

2.4

3.0

2.0

2.1

3,356

3,913

3,911

5,779

200

2.7

3.5

2.4

2.4

2,908

3,442

3,332

4,935

150

3.2

4.0

2.8

2.9

2,480

2,979

2,799

4,154

100

3.9

4.7

3.5

3.5

2,055

2,504

2,284

3,396

Table 90. Cost effectiveness for section 5 TN-T b.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach
Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at
Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

250

2.2

2.2

1.8

1.4

4,489

6,400

5,476

10,044

200

2.5

2.5

2.2

1.7

3,965

5,560

4,616

8,110

150

2.9

2.9

2.6

2.2

3,446

4,755

3,838

6,497

100

3.4

3.5

3.2

2.8

2,910

3,949

3,102

5,074

Table 91. Cost effectiveness for section 6 TN-T.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach
Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at
Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

250

4.1

4.7

3.4

3.8

624

1,380

752

1,720

200

5.3

6.2

4.4

5.0

479

1,042

577

1,299

150

6.9

8.2

5.7

6.6

369

792

444

988

100

9.1

11.0

7.6

8.8

279

591

335

738

Table 92. Cost effectiveness for section 7 TN-T.


Retroreflectivity Level
(mcd/m2/lux)

Years to Reach
Retroreflectivity Level

$/Mile/Year at
Retroreflectivity Level

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

Edge Line Surface

Edge Line Inlaid

Skip Line Surface

Skip Line Inlaid

250

3.3

3.4

2.9

3.2

453

1,594

508

1,723

200

4.1

4.2

3.9

4.1

357

1,280

375

1,336

150

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.4

281

1,020

280

1,010

100

6.9

6.9

7.2

7.2

216

794

206

752

 

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