SPR-5010: Feasibility Study of Deploying Movable Barriers as Permanent Barriers and Temporary Traffic Barriers for Future Roadway Design, Construction, and Maintenance

Current highway designs typically rely on permanent barriers to separate lanes and on temporary traffic barriers and traffic control devices to establish work zones. Previous efforts have primarily focused on the safety/cost benefits of movable barriers only in work zones; however, the feasibility of deploying movable barriers as permanent barriers and temporary traffic barriers has yet to be studied through roadway life cycle. This research will conduct a comprehensive comparison to determine whether to adopt movable barriers as replacements/additions in future roadway design, construction, and maintenance.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $193,926.00
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-5010

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University
  1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room 4154
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Principal Investigators:

  Chen, Yunfeng

  Zhang, Jiansong

  Guo, Xingzhou

  Wu, Hongyue

• Start Date: 20251001
• Expected Completion Date: 20270331
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway design; Traffic barriers; Work zones
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01966181
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-5010
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 18 2025 4:09PM