Specifications include, but are not limited to: Pursuant to the Arizona Procurement Code, A.R.S. §41-2501 et seq., the State of Arizona Department of Transportation (Department) has a requirement for Pavement Marking Tape. The supplied materials will be used by Department crews in the Northern, Central and Southern regions for the maintenance and installation of pavement markings. Long line and Transverse markings are those normally placed across and/or in traffic lanes, such as crosswalk lines, stop lines, turn arrow symbols, word legends, skips and lane lines. The installation of pavement markings shall be designed to be accomplished with a one (1) or two (2) person crew, little if any, special equipment and minimal or no surface preparation. The installation requirements shall be straightforward and simple. The pavement markings shall be designed to be installed on clean dry pavement. 4.2.1. Color: The pigments shall be selected and blended to provide a white or yellow marking film which conforms to standard highway colors, when tested according to American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) D 6628, throughout the expected life of the film. Refer to the following link: https://www.astm.org 4.2.2. Bend Test: The plastic film shall be sufficiently flexible so that at a temperature of 78 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit (F) an unmounted piece of material (without adhesive and paper backing), three by six inches in size, may be bent over a one-inch mandrel until the end faces are parallel and one inch apart without showing any fracture lines in the uppermost surface. 4.2.3. Tensile Strength: The plastic film (without adhesive or paper backing) shall have a minimum tensile strength of 40 pounds per square inch when a specimen six inches long by one inch wide is tested in accordance with the requirements of ASTM D 638. The rate of pull of the test shall be 0.25 of an inch per minute. The test shall be conducted at a temperature between 70 and 80 degrees F. The elongation shall be no greater than 75 percent.
