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Home > Roadway Departure Safety > Roadway Departure Research and Resources

The Effectiveness and Use of Continuous Shoulder Rumble Strips

by Kerry Perrillo

Highway Engineer
Federal Highway Administration
Albany, New York
August 1998

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Types of Rumble Strips
• Milled Rumble Strip Installation
• Rolled Rumble Strip Installation
• Formed Rumble Strip Installation
• Costs

ROADWAY CONSIDERATIONS

• Placement of Rumble Strips
• Transverse Rumble Strips
• Centerline Rumble Strips
• Continuous Shoulder Rumble Strips
• Weather
• Degradation of Pavement
• Type of Pavement
• Pavement Thickness
• Pavement Overlay
• Noise
• Bicycles
• Crash Migration

CURRENT RESEARCH

• Current New York Status
• Other Experiences in the Region
• Connecticut
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• Benefit-Cost Ratios
• Summary of Calculations

SUMMARY

• Advantages
• Disadvantages

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

Program Contact

Brian Fouch
Safety Design Team Leader
brian.fouch@dot.gov
(202) 366-0744

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