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https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231171920

The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) utilizes the Hawaii Modified Delaware Retrofit Thrie-Beam Bridge Rail to safely redirect vehicles on bridges with elevated sidewalks. However, the crashworthiness of this bridge rail has not been investigated under current impact safety standards. This bridge rail consists of a 10-gauge thrie-beam rail supported by W6x25 steel posts spaced at 6?ft?3?in. on-center. The top-mounted posts are anchored to an elevated concrete sidewalk ranging in height from 6?in. to 9?in. The ends of the bridge rail are connected to thrie-beam approach guardrail transitions (AGTs), which were designed to safely transition from a more flexible W-beam guardrail to the stiffer thrie-beam bridge rail. The objective of this research was to evaluate the Hawaii Modified Delaware Retrofit Thrie-Beam Bridge Rail and its associated AGT through full-scale crash testing in accordance with AASHTO’s Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) Test Level 3 (TL-3) safety criteria. Three crash tests were conducted on the bridge rail, including tests on both the 6?in.- and 9?in.-tall sidewalk configurations. Four crash tests were conducted on the AGT, two of which resulted in excessive occupant compartment deformations that required design modifications and retesting. This paper details the crash test evaluations of both the bridge rail and AGT, the modifications made to the AGT to satisfy MASH TL-3 safety criteria, and recommendations for implementation of the system.

Mojdeh Asadollahi Pajouh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3938-0672© National Academy of Sciences: Transportation Research Board 2023.

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pp 595-611

2024-1

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

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Bridge railings; Guardrail transition sections; Retrofitting; Safety engineering; Sidewalks; Thrie beams

Hawaii Department of Transportation

Hawaii

Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

May 30 2023 3:04PM

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