Head-On Collisions: Appendix 11

Costs for Centerline Rumble Strips^*

In Pennsylvania, the cost of installation as a stand-alone project is estimated at about $2 a linear foot (or about $10,000 a mile) in 2002. This includes traffic control during installation. Costs of implementing as part of resurfacing or reconstruction would be substantially less. Virginia DOT cited a cost of 38 to 40 cents per foot on a stand-alone 1.9-mile project, and expected lower costs on longer projects.

Another example, given in NCHRP Report 440, states that installation of both shoulder and centerline rumble strips over 15 miles (24.2 km) costs $54,000 ($3,600 per mile). The rumble strip installation occurred at the same time other improvements were made (such as the addition of turning lanes, channelization, and raised pavement markers).

^* Fitzpatrick, K., K. Balke, D.W. Harwood, and I.B. Anderson. Accident Mitigation Guide for Congested Rural Two-Lane Highways. NCHRP Report 440. 2000.