Abstract
In late June 1969, the Kentucky Department of Highways contracted to have experimental, longitudinal centerline grooves, 15 feet long at 80-foot intervals, cut into both sets of dual lanes of a 2.7-mile portion of I 71 in Carroll County. When the centerline was painted in an otherwise normal way, the skip lines were alternately on grooved and ungrooved surfaces. The roadway was opened to traffic on July 15, 1969. An interim performance report contained detailed information on the test site, grooving procedures, groove configuration, initial striping efforts, and preliminary evaluations of the relative effectiveness of the grooved stripe. The purposes of this report are: 1) to update the observations cited in the interim report, 2) to evaluate the grooved centerlines during rainy, nighttime conditions, and 3) to record wear and durability histories of grooved and ungrooved lines.
Report Date
10-1-1971
Report Number
No. 314
Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1971.314
Repository Citation
Seymour, William M., "Grooving Pavement Centerlines for Lane Demarcation" (1971). Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report. 1152.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ktc_researchreports/1152
