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Title:

TWO TEST LEVEL 4 BRIDGE RAILING AND TRANSITION SYSTEMS FOR TRANSVERSE TIMBER DECK BRIDGES

Accession Number:

00789710

Record Type:

Component

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Abstract:

The Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, in cooperation with the Forest Products Laboratory, which is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, and the Federal Highway Administration, designed two bridge railing and approach guardrail transition systems for use on bridges with transverse glue-laminated (glulam) timber decks. The bridge railing and transition systems were developed and crash tested for use on higher-service-level roadways and evaluated according to the Test Level 4 safety performance criteria presented in NCHRP Report 350: "Recommended Procedures for the Safety Performance Evaluation of Highway Features." The first railing system was constructed with glulam timber components, whereas the second railing system was configured with steel hardware. Eight full-scale crash tests were performed, and the bridge railing and transition systems were acceptable according to current safety standards.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1696, Fifth International Bridge Engineering Conference, April 3-5, 2000, Tampa, Florida, Volume 1. The revised name of this series is Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Faller, R K
Ritter, M A
Rosson, B T
Fowler, M D
Duwadi, S R

Pagination:

p. 334-351

Publication Date:

2000

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1696
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

Fifth International Bridge Engineering Conference

Location: Tampa, Florida
Date: 2000-4-3 to 2000-4-5
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board; Federal Highway Administration; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; and Florida Department of Transportation.

ISBN:

0309071224

Features:

Figures (2) ; Photos (40) ; References (23)

Identifier Terms:

NCHRP Report 350

Subject Areas:

Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Mar 6 2000 12:00AM