Zone Striping, Inc. Continues To Be The Region’s Leading Installer Of The Latest In Pavement Marking Products
One of the newest trends in highway line striping is to “groove-in” highly durable, wet reflective pavement markings. Over the past several years, material manufacturers within the pavement marking industry have began producing glass beads that are more reflective and have also developed “wet” reflective elements that maintain high levels of reflectivity, even in rainy weather when traditional pavement marking products are hardest to see. The pavement marking industry’s ultimate goal is to provide the driver with lines that are more visible in inclement weather when the pavement surface is wet.
The new wet-reflective materials are much larger in size than standard reflective glass beads and are therefore much more susceptible to damage from traffic and snow plowing operations. In order to protect the wet reflective striping from plow damage, several states have started to require that the entire marking be recessed below the road surface. A groove slightly deeper than the thickness of the material is cut into the pavement surface. The wet-reflective pavement marking material, glass beads and reflective elements are then applied directly into the groove. Wet reflective pavement marking materials include epoxy resin traffic paint with reflective elements, poly-urea with reflective elements, all-weather thermoplastic and preformed retroreflective pavement marking tape.
Zone Striping, Inc. has the equipment and experienced workforce to install all of the wet-reflective materials currently available for roadway striping. Zone Striping, Inc. has successfully completed grooved pavement marking installation projects for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Pennsylvania DOT, Maryland Transportation Authority and Maryland State Highway Administration.
Completed Projects:
PA Turnpike Contract, A-040.00R001-3-02; Resurfacing on Northeast Extension
Grooved-In Poly Urea with Wet Reflective Elements
Glasgow, Inc., Prime Contractor
PennDOT, 4-15-ST4 & 4-15-ST8, SR 435 Resurfacing
Grooved-In Epoxy Resin with Wet Reflective Glass Beads
Hanson Aggregates PA, LLC. Prime Contractor
PennDOT, 4-15-ST2, SR 11 Resurfacing
Grooved-In Epoxy Resin with Wet Reflective Glass Beads
Mayo Striping, First Tier Subcontractor
PennDOT, 4-15-ST1, SR 100 Resurfacing
Grooved-In Epoxy Resin with Wet Reflective Glass Beads
M.Mayo Striping, First Tier Subcontractor
MdTA Contract, KH 2724-000-006, I95 Resurfacing
Grooved-In Thermoplastic with Wet Reflective Elements and Wet Reflective Tape
Allan Myers, Inc., Prime Contractor
MDSHA, Resurface US 50, Dorchester County
Grooved-In Poly Urea with Wet Reflective Elements
Allan Myers, Inc., Prime Contractor
MDSHA, Resurface US 50 WB, Wicomico County
Grooved-In “All Weather” Thermoplastic with Wet Reflective Elements
Allan Myers, Inc., Prime Contractor