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                Safety Eligibility Letter WZ-285
  
  **Hardware Type:**
            Work Zone Devices
                          **Code:**
            WZ-285
                          **Date:**
            02/02/2009
                          **Testing Criteria:**
            NCHRP 350
                          **Manufacturer:**
            Workzone Safety Products
                          **Device Description:**
            temporary sign stand with 14 inch mounting height
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    Safety Eligibility Letter WZ - 285
            
            
			 
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			DOT logoU.S. Department of Transportation**Federal Highway Administration**
			1200 New Jersey Ave. S.E.Washington, D.C. 20590
			November 2, 2009
			In Reply Refer To: HSSD/WZ-285
			
			Mr. John Reynolds
            	Chief Engineer
                Work Zone Safety Products Inc.
                7201 Haven Ave., Suite E-557
                Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701
                
            Dear  Mr. Reynolds :
            In your letter of September 26,  2009, you requested the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) acceptance of the  Little Brother x-footprint temporary sign stand as a crashworthy traffic  control device for use in work zones on the National Highway System (NHS). You requested acceptance of the temporary  sign stand for use with roll-up, aluminum laminates (2 mm and 3 mm), and corrugated  plastic (up to 16 mm) sign substrate materials.  Your request for acceptance is based on the performance of the generic  low mounted sign stands accepted in FHWA letter WZ-240 and a similar  x-footprint sign stand in WZ-24. Accompanying  your letter were the FHWA Office of Safety Design forms that included drawings  and a detailed description of the Little Brother. Drawings of the Little Brother are enclosed for reference. You requested that we find the Little  Brother acceptable for use as a Test Level 3 device  on the NHS under the provisions of the National Cooperative Highway Research  Program Report 350 "Recommended Procedures for the Safety Performance  Evaluation of Highway Features”.
            This letter acknowledges FHWA’s  acceptance of your request. The original  completed forms have  been modified by the addition of the FHWA acceptance letter number and the date  of our review. The form will be posted  on our Web site in the near future.
            Sincerely yours,
						Signature of David A. Nicol, P.E.
						David A. Nicol, P.E.Director, Office of Safety DesignOffice of SafetyEnclosures U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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