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SECTION 1145

BARRICADES

1145-1 DESCRIPTION.

The work covered by this section consists of furnishing, erecting, maintaining, relocating, and removing barricades in accordance with the plans and specifications.

1145-2 MATERIALS.

All materials shall meet the requirements of Division 10 shown below:

Barricades Article 1089-2

1145-3 CONSTRUCTION METHODS.

The provisions of Article 1105­3 will be applicable to the work covered by this section.

Type II barricades shall consist of 2 rails, Type III barricades shall consist of 3 rails.

Where access at a point of road closure is provided for construction equipment through Type III barricades, the Contractor shall be responsible for assuring proper closure by the end of the work day.

Where barricades are susceptible to overturning in the wind, sandbags shall be used for ballasting. Sandbags shall be placed on the lower parts of the frame or stays to provide the required ballast but shall not be placed on top of any striped rail. Barricades shall not be ballasted by heavy objects such as rocks or chunks of concrete.

1145-4 MAINTENANCE.

All maintenance shall meet the requirements of Article 1105­4.

1145-5 METHOD OF MEASUREMENT.

The quantity of barricades to be paid for will be the maximum number of linear feet of barricades acceptably placed and in use at any one time during the life of the project. Measurement will be made of the total length of each barricade along one rail.

Relocation of barricades will be considered as incidental to the measurement of the quantity of barricades.

1145-6 BASIS OF PAYMENT.

The quantity of barricades, measured as provided in Article 1145­5, will be paid for at the contract unit price per linear foot for "Barricades (Type ____)". Such price and payment will be full compensation for all work covered by this section including but not limited to furnishing, erecting, maintaining, relocating, and removing barricades.

Payment will be made under:

Barricades (Type II) Linear Foot

Barricades (Type III) Linear Foot