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... 32 Case Example #1: Washington State DOT WSDOT has included a "Very Short Duration Work Zone" section in its Work Zone Traffic Control Guidelines for Maintenance Operations (WSDOT 2018)
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... Case Examples 33 • Moderate volume -- – Random gaps in traffic. – Vehicles generally present all the time.
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... 34 Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities the traveled way are common locations to park a work vehicle to gain access to a location for VSD work such as inspection, survey shot, and field recon. Figure 20 shows a low-speed (40 mph or less)
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... Case Examples 35 Approaching traffic is allowed to pass through the work location, and a spotter is used to alert the worker to move back to the shoulder as traffic approaches. Work that cannot allow traffic to pass through the work location could be performed as a short duration or stationary lane closure.
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... 36 Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities Finally, Figure 23 shows an intersection application. This plan depicts typical work zone scenarios that may occur in intersections, such as verifying field data, taking a survey shot, inspecting for damage, and so forth.
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... Case Examples 37 c. Volume and complexity of the roadway has been considered.
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... 38 Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities Figure 23. WSDOT TCP 29 typical very short duration work operation (intersection application; WSDOT 2018)
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... Case Examples 39 I Scope: This procedure has been established to set guidelines for temporary traffic control in work zones of short duration, as they apply to Maine DOT workers.
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... 40 Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities Case Example #4: Minnesota DOT The MnDOT field manual provides three layouts for mobile operations on two-lane, two-way roads. Layout 11 (shown in Figure 25)
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... Case Examples 41 Figure 25. MnDOT field manual Layout 11 lane closure (MnDOT 2018)
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... 42 Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities Figure 26. MnDOT field manual Layout 12 lane closure (MnDOT 2018)
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... Case Examples 43 Figure 27. MnDOT field manual Layout 13 lane closure (MnDOT 2018)
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... 44 Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities Figure 28. MUTCD TA 10 lane closure (FHWA 2009)

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