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Title:

APPLICATION OF NCHRP REPORT 350 TO TMA SYSTEMS

Accession Number:

00742023

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00978515

Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to briefly examine the importance of National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 350 and its implementation schedule upon those in maintenance operations. NCHRP Report 350 was published in 1993 and establishes the latest testing standards for highway safety hardware, i.e., crash cushions, longitudinal barriers, end terminals and truck mounted attenuators (TMAs), etc. This document has been accepted by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and they have published an implementation schedule which is currently in its transition stage and will be in full effect for all safety hardware in August 1998. However, many states are specifying the use of "350" hardware now and will beat the FHWA implementation mandate. The TMA, specifically, is a life-saving device to make the working environment for highway crews safer. NCHRP Report 350 has specific standard tests for the TMA for the first time at both the 70-kph and the 100-kph speeds.

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Monograph Accession #:

00742013

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Essex, J M

Pagination:

p. 51

Publication Date:

1997-7

Serial:

Transportation Research Circular

Issue Number: 475
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0097-8515

Conference:

11th Equipment Management Workshop

Location: Syracuse, New York
Date: 1996-6-23 to 1996-6-26
Sponsors: Committee on Equipment Maintenance, Transportation Research Board; New York State Department of Transportation; and Federal Highway Administration.

Media Type:

Digital/other

Identifier Terms:

NCHRP Report 350

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Oct 31 1997 12:00AM

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