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Title: TRANSITIONS FROM GUARDRAIL TO BRIDGE RAIL THAT MEET SAFETY PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
Accession Number: 00802522
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: Three guardrail-to-bridge rail transitions were developed and subjected to full-scale crash tests. The transitions were (a) a nested W-beam with W-beam rub rail that transitioned from a W-beam guardrail to a vertical concrete parapet bridge rail, (b) a nested thrie-beam that transitioned from a W-beam guardrail to a tubular steel bridge rail, and (c) a tubular steel transition that transitioned from a weak-post box-beam guardrail to a tubular steel bridge rail. The nested W-beam and the tubular steel transitions were tested and met NCHRP Report 350 Test Level (TL)-3 requirements. The nested thrie-beam transition was tested and met TL-4 requirements.
Supplemental Notes: This appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1720, Roadside Safety Features and Hydraulic, Hydrology, and Water Quality Issues.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Buth, C EMenges, W LMak, K KBligh, R PPagination: p. 30-43
Publication Date: 2000
Serial: ISBN: 0309066980
Features: Figures; Photos; References
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Nov 15 2000 12:00AM
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