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A breakc :■'* r — lies and c '"?ts : or fiscal ir showed that li'.es to:-lir.g c“0 ~lies or. the interstate syste~ were striked ->t a -tost S~S.S^ 1; i 4/■ (/■ ~i!es of hr.es were p a i r. t e d or. primary roads (S,5<'>ri ~ lies of centerline and 5,500 miles of edge line) for 51 r o,014; and 2,000 miles of lr .s were painted on secondary roads for 533,010.
That same year, the Department purchased 200,000 gallons of white paint, 100,f)00 gallons of yellow paint and 1,500,000 pounds of glass spheres. The paint, if poured over the ground, would cover; almost one square mile, 000 acres or 581 football fields.; Just as reflectorized traffic 1 paint indicates, the Depart-1 ment is constantly seeking! methods to improve highway striping. One of the most! sought-after goals is a quickdrying paint which would permit traffic to travel the high- i ways immediately following' painting.
lines are now used,
urban areas* where!
lines are required; but where heavy traffic makes.; continuous painting difficult. ;
However, the cost of plastic j traffic lines is much too expensive for most roads, about 20 times the cost of using paint. Traffic lines, paint or plastic, are obvious to motorists hut generally taken for granted until desperately needed. Plastic in many durable
The Virginia Department of Highways continues to use many gallons of paint and many pounds of "little things" so that when the need arises, the reflectorized traffic lines might help in a big way -- saving the life of a traveler.
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