SECTION 703 – HIGHWAY LIGHTING
703.01 Description
This Section describes the requirements for providing and installing complete highway lighting systems, temporary and interim highway lighting systems, sign lighting, underdeck lighting, and complete tower lighting systems.
703.02 Materials
703.02.01 Materials
Provide materials as specified in: Concrete ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................... 903.03 Grout ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 903.08.02.A Reinforcement Steel ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 905.01 Anchor Bolts ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............ 908.01.03 Miscellaneous Pole Hardware ................................ ................................ ................................ ....................... 908.04 Coal Tar Epoxy Paint ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................... 912.01.03 Cable Connectors ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 918.04 Panel Boards and Circuit Breakers ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 918.10 Photoelectric Controls ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 918.11 Standard Lighting Mast Arm ................................ ................................ ................................ ........................ 918.12 Tower Poles ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................. 918.13 Lamps ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................... 918.14 Provide materials as specified in the Contract and in the New Jersey Electrical Materials Specifications that are available on the Department’s website. A listing of pre-qualified materials is also available from the Department’s website. The Department will allow the use of pre-qualified materials provided the materials meet the requirements of the Contract. Submit materials for approval on a Materials Questionnaire as specified in 106.04. Include working drawings with the Materials Questionnaire for materials not pre-qualified. Follow the accepted standards of ANSI, NEMA, UL, NEC, ITE, and ASTM for materials not specified in the Contract. For fittings and mounting hardware not specified, follow the manufacturer’s recommendations. Include with each shipment and its invoice a list of all the parts on that specific shipment. Either box or bundle bolts, nuts, and other hardware, and identify each by the packing list.
703.02.02 Equipment
Provide equipment as specified in: Vibrator ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................... 1005.04 Concrete Batching Plant ................................ ................................ ................................ .............................. 1010.01 Concrete Trucks ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .......... 1010.02
703.03 Construction
Before working on an existing highway lighting system meet the requirements of 701.03.01. Maintain up-to-date as-built drawings of the highway lighting system and temporary highway lighting system. Place copies of the as-built drawings in a plastic pocket mounted inside the meter cabinet, and provide a copy to the RE. After placing the highway lighting system or temporary highway lighting system into operation, inspect the lighting system every 2 months. If the temporary lighting system fails or becomes damaged, inform the RE, repair and restore the system to normal operation. Ensure workers assigned to such repair work continuously until the lighting system is restored to normal operation. If it is determined that the highway lighting system or temporary highway lighting system fails or becomes damaged in between inspections, repair and restore the system to normal operation. Begin repair of the highway lighting system within 2 hours of receiving notice of damage or malfunction from the Department, State police, or local authorities. Ensure workers assigned to such repair work continuously until the lighting system is restored to normal operation. For each response to a system fai lure or damage, fill out a Contractor Maintenance Emergency Call Record (Form EL-11C) and place it in a plastic pocket mounted inside the cabinet door of each controller cabinet. If the Contractor fails to respond to a failure or damage notification and begin work within 2 hours of notification, or does not continue to work until the lighting system is restored to normal operation, the Department, in the interest of safety, will respond with its own forces to restore normal operation. If the Department mo bilizes its forces to effect repairs, the Contractor agrees to pay the Department a sum of $3 ,000 for costs of mobilizing its forces and equipment. In addition, the Contractor must pay the Department the actual cost of material used for the repair and pay the actual costs of police traffic protection.
703.03.01 Lighting Standard
Leave the factory installed wrapping on the standard for as long as the manufacturer recommends. Install the standard with the wrapping in place, and maintain the standard and other material in original factory appearance. When erecting the standard and other material, use methods that prevent scratching or abrasion. Repair abrasions and scratches. Bolt the standard securely to the foundation, and erect the standard with sufficient rake to assume a vertical position after all attachments and appurtenances are in place. For aluminum standards, the Contractor may install leveling shims to a maximum height of 1/4 inch. Provide and install the standard with ground studs either in the base for aluminum or in the standard for steel. Install a ground wire that extends to the ground rod from the standard.
703.03.02 Lighting Mast Arm
Leave the factory installed wrapping on the arm for as long as the manufacturer recommends. Install the arm perpendicular to centerline of roadway, and attach to the standard. When mounting the arm and other materials, use methods that prevent scratching or abrasions. Repair abrasions and scratches. Provide modifications or adjustments t hat may be required for staged construction.
703.03.03 Luminaire
Attach the luminaire plumb to the end of the arm or on the standard. Ensure proper and accurate placement of the luminaire reflector. Provide and install lamp, ballast terminals, cable connectors (fused and nonfused), and 2 No. 10 AWG color -coded, multiple-lighting wires extending from the ballast terminals to the distribution wires in the base of the standard or in the adjacent junction box. Tag lighting wire by identifying the area, circuit, and luminaire number. Use color -coded, single -conductor, multiple-lighting wire for lighting circuits. Pull conductors th rough conduit and junction boxes to allow racking and connection to luminaire and meter cabinet. Seal the underground conduit entrance to meter cabinets or transformer enclosures with a sealing compound. Except for neutral and ground circuits, color -code lighting wire with plastic, colored tape overlapped from duct edge to duct edge within each junction box. Clearly identify neutral (white) and ground (green) circuits with continuous color compound along their entire lengths within the junction box. Identify the circuit number of conductors by attaching cable identification tags to each conductor in all junction boxes and at the meter cabinets of the load centers. Secure tags to the conductor using nylon cable ties. If pulling multiple-lighting wire through existing junction boxes not equipped with cable racks, install cable racks. For cable splices in boxes, use a Type C copper pressure connector, and mechanically and electrically secure splices with the proper tool. Clean the conductors with a minimum of insulation removed. For multiple-lighting wire splices, use a resin splicing kit as follows:
1.Use an in-line type splicing kit for joining a single conductor to another to form 1 continuous through conductor.
2.Use a tap or wye -type splicing kit where it is necessary to obtain a tap connection at a through conductor or where it is necessary to join together more than 2 conductors. Keep the conductors and splicing connector centered within the mold, so an even amount of resin surrounds the splice. If fa stening electrical boxes to masonry with expansion fasteners, provide fasteners of sufficient size and strength to provide adequate support. Use stainless steel mounting bolts and anchors. If not using a boss, secure conduit entering electrical boxes to the box using lock nuts on the inside and outside of the box. When a luminaire is shown on the Plans as being replaced, install a luminaire and cable connectors (fused and nonfused). Also install 2 No. 10 AWG, color -coded, multiple -lighting wires extending from the ballast terminals to the cable connectors in the base of the standard or to the mounting box for wall mounted replacements.
703.03.04 Sign Lighting
Securely bolt sign luminaires to the sign support perpendicular to the sign face. Seal underground conduit entering sign service cabinets, meter cabinets, or transformer enclosures with sealing compound. Install color-coded, single-conductor multiple-lighting wire for sign circuits. Ensure conductors run through the conduit and are properly trained through the junction boxes to permit racking and connection to sign service cabinets and to meter cabinet installations. Ensure splices form continuous circuits that are complete and ready for operation. Splice cables as specified in 703.03.03. Use at least 2 circuits for each sign panel, and ensure fixtures are distributed alternately among the circuits. Place wire for luminaires from the fixture to sign service cabinet. Install an electrical outlet, junction , pull, and device boxes where required to facilitate the pulling, supporting, or connecting of wires and cables. Ensure conduit entering metal boxes, except threaded boxes, exposed to the weather, is installed with 2 lock nuts, 2 flat washers, a lead washer, and bushing. When boxes are aluminum, ensure the lock nuts and flat washers are stainless steel. Ensure ground bushings are the insulated bushing type. Ensure bushing caps remain in place until just before conductors are installed. Secure continuous ground by bonding where required. Install exposed rigid metallic conduit parallel with or at right angles to the lines of the structure and ensure that they ar e supported. Install concealed rigid metallic conduit in as direct a line as possible and ensure that they are supported. Ensure aluminum conduit to be installed exposed on tubular aluminum sign structures are supported with clamps or bands with stainless steel saddles.
703.03.05 Underdeck Lighting
Install an underdeck luminaire, lamp, and 2 No. 10 AWG, color-coded, multiple-lighting wires extending from the ballast terminals in the luminaire to the distribution cables in the adjacent junction box for both new and replacement underdeck lighting.
703.03.06 Tower Lighting
Construct the foundation as specified in 504.03.02. Place reinforcement steel as specified in 504.03.01. Install the tower structure on the foundation according to the manufacturer’s requirements, including anchor bolts, base plate, pole, head frame assembly, luminaire support ring, lowering device including the winch assembly, circuit breaker panel, power receptacles, terminal box, structural and power cables, secondary wiring, and luminaires. Install cable and wire from the lighting to the foundation and make connections. Do not blast or finish the surface of the poles. Either permanently stamp or weld a beam plate to each pole base plate indicating the manufacturer’s name, date, and pole design reference number.
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Source: Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, 2019 (rev. 2022-12-21) Edition. Pages 375–377 of 651. View official source ↗