Examination of the Current Practice of Lighting in Virginia: Nighttime Work Zones and Improving Safety through the Development of Nighttime Lighting Specifications
Project No: 105582
Target Completion Date: September 22, 2017 Safety, Operations, and Traffic Engineering
About the project:
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">As traffic increases on U.S. roads, more construction activities are occuring at night when volumes are lower but travel speeds tend to be greater. Approximately 40 percent of all work-zone crashes occurred at night in 2011
The purpose of this project is to:
· Evaluate current nighttime work-zone lighting practices used on limited-access highways and primary route work zones, and
· Develop effective nighttime work-zone lighting requirements in Virginia.
The results of this research effort will be implemented through the development of new specifications and a modification of the 2011 Virginia Work Area Protection Manual, thus changing and improving existing practices for lighting nighttime work zones in Virginia.
Project Team
Project Monitor
Other Investigators
- Travis Terry, Brian Williams, Alejandra Medina, Ronald Gibbons
Last updated: July 5, 2023
