SMT ON ROLL OUT ENCOUNTERS YELLOW PLASTIC POLES ACROSS RWY. STOPS WITH ACFT NOSE INTO OPENING IN CTR.

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ON JUN/MON/92 AT APPROX X45-Y00 PM; VFR CONDITIONS WITH A CEILING OF APPROX 4500 FT; SMA CALLED RALEIGH APCH CTL 30-40 MI OUT; WITH THE ATIS; FOR LNDG INSTRUCTIONS. RALEIGH APCH ADVISED US TO PLAN FOR RWY 32. BECAUSE OF ITS SHORT LENGTH (3700 FT) AND A NO WIND CONDITION; WE ASKED FOR A LONGER RWY -- WE WERE GIVEN 5R. APPROX 10 MIN LATER; RALEIGH APCH SWITCHED US TO RWY 32 AGAIN. ON FINAL APCH; WE COULD SEE THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE CONCRETE OF RWY 32; AND PLANNED THE LNDG ACCORDINGLY. BECAUSE OF THE NO WIND CONDITION; WE LANDED LONG AND AFTER PUMPING THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN -- COASTED DOWN TO THE END. ABOUT 2/3 THE WAY DOWN THE RWY -- SEVERAL HUNDRED FT BEFORE THE END OF THE CONCRETE; APPEARS A LOW YELLOW PLASTIC ROW OF SHORT TUBES IN A SINGLE ROW XING THE RWY. EXCEPT THERE WAS AN OPEN SPACE ABOUT A VEHICLE WIDE IN THE MIDDLE. THE PLANE WAS FURTHER BRAKED AND COASTED TO A STOP PART-WAY THROUGH THE OPENING. THE PLANE DID NOT TOUCH THE POLES. THE TWR THEN INSTRUCTED ME TO PROCEED TO TAXI TO THE FBO (BY GND CTL). TWR ASKED ME TO TELEPHONE -- WHICH WAS DONE. AFTER EXPLAINING TO MR X OF FAA -- HE SAID HE WAS SATISFIED. TWR ALSO SENT SOMEONE TO INSPECT AIRPLANE AND HE NOTED NO DAMAGE. ADVISED ME TO TELEPHONE TWR AGAIN. AGAIN; I CALLED MR X OF FAA WHO AGAIN SAID HE WAS SATISFIED. SUGGESTION: HAVING NEVER SEEN A YELLOW POLE LINE BEFORE; APCH PLATES COULD INDICATE AND TWR COULD REMIND LNDG PLTS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES HE IS NOT SURE WHY THE TUBES ARE PLACED TO CUT OFF SEVERAL HUNDRED FT OF RWY AND NO NOTIFICATION OF SUCH ANYWHERE. HE FLIES A FAST ACFT AND USUALLY REQUESTS AND RECEIVES LNDG ON RWY 5. ENCOUNTERING THE POLES WAS A TOTAL SHOCK. RPTR FEELS SOMETHING ELSE SHOULD BE DEVELOPED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM OF PREVENTING TFC FROM XING RWY 5R. ONE SUGGESTION IS TO END THE RWY AND NOT CONTINUE A TAXIWAY ACROSS THE INTERSECTING RWY. SIGNS TO WARN PLTS. GREAT YELLOW STRIPES TO END THE RWY. AND SINCE MOST PLTS SPEAK ENGLISH; A MENTION ON THE ATIS. CERTAINLY SOME CHART INDICATION OR ALL OF THE ABOVE INSTEAD OF POLES UNANNOUNCED. RPTR ACFT IS MIDWING AND ABLE TO TAXI OVER THE ROW WITHOUT DAMAGE. LOW WING MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY.