MRUTC Project 08-07: A Methodology for Integrating Roadway Safety Hardware Management into the Overall Highway Asset Management Program
Review of Literature on
Roadway Safety Hardware Management Practices in the United States
Prepared by
Sunil Madanu, Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology and Zongzhi Li, Principal Investigator
Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology
3201 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Phone: (312) 567-3556
Fax: (312) 567-3519
Email: lizz@iit.edu
June 30, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................1
2 ROADWAY SAFETY HARDWARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.................................................1
2.1 Roadway Sign Management Systems..............................................................................................1
2.1.1 FHWA Sign Management and Retroreflectivity Tracking System........................................................1
2.1.2 Georgia Highway Sign Management System........................................................................................1
2.1.3 North Dakota Roadway Sign Asset Management System.....................................................................2
2.1.4 Oregon Sign Management System.........................................................................................................2
2.1.5 Wisconsin Sign Inventory Management System...................................................................................2
2.1.6 Virginia Sign Inventory Management System.......................................................................................3
2.2 Traffic Signal and Lighting Management Systems..........................................................................3
2.2.1 Minnesota