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Publication Number:  FHWA-HRT-17-069    Date:  December 2017
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-17-069
Date: December 2017

 

Safety Evaluation of Edge-Line Rumble Stripes on Rural Two-Lane Horizontal Curves

Acknowledgements

This report was prepared for the FHWA Office of Safety Research and Development under Contract DTFH61-13-D-00001. The FHWA Program and Task Manager for this project was Roya Amjadi.

The project team gratefully acknowledges the participation of the following organizations for their assistance in this study:

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