Crash Testing and Evaluation of Retrofit Bridge Railings and Transition

Buth, C. Eugene; Menges, Wanda L.; Texas Transportation Institute

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Crash Testing and Evaluation of Retrofit Bridge Railings and Transition

1996-01-01
By Buth, C. Eugene ; Menges, Wanda L.

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Buth, C. Eugene ; Menges, Wanda L.

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Texas Transportation Institute
Contributors:

McDevitt, Charles
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United States. Federal Highway Administration
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Bridge Railings Impact Tests Performance Evaluations Retrofitting
Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA-RD-96-032
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Contracting Officer:

McDevitt, Charles F.
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Federal Highway Administration
Abstract:

An assortment of retrofit bridge railings and a retrofit transition were evaluated through full-scale crash testing. The assortment included: (1) a W-beam retrofit railing for a concrete baluster bridge railing (AASHTO performance level one); (2) a W-beam transition for the bridge railing above (NCHRP Report 350 test level two); (3) a double-tube pedestrian/bicycle railing mounted on the Illinois 2399-1 traffic railing (AASHTO performance level one); (4) a vandal protection fence on the New Jersey concrete safety shape bridge railing (AASHTO performance level two); and (5) a thrie beam retrofit railing, a Delaware design, mounted on a 203-mm-high safety curb (AASHTO performance level two and NCHRP Report 350 test level four). All of the designs demonstrated acceptable performance.
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