Summary Report on Selected Aesthetic Bridge Rails and Guardrails

Details

• Creators:
  Ray, Malcolm H.
• Corporate Creators:
  Momentum Engineering
• Contributors:
  Coleman, Janet A.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Technology Applications
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Construction
  • Bridge railings
  • Aesthetics
  • Barriers (Roads)
  • Guardrails
  • Scenic highways
  • Crash tests
  • Crashes
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-SA-91-051
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Right Statement:
  Public Domain
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Contracting Officer:
  Coleman, Janet
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Technology Applications
• Abstract:
  Providing safe roadside barrier hardware on scenic roadways and parkways is as important as safety on more typical roads. Recently a number of guardrails and bridge railings have been developed for these types of scenic roads. This report s1.111marizes the development, testing and field experience for three aesthetic bridge railing designs and three guardrail designs: the glue-laminated wood bridge railing, the Federal Lands Highways Modified Kansas corral bridge railing, the stone masonry bridge rail, the steel-backed timber guardrail, the stone masonry guardwall and the pre-cast simulated stone guardwall. This report describes the history of each barrier system and summarizes the crash tests. The features and components of each system are discussed and drawings are presented.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-89-R-00075
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/74757/dot_74757_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 25.70 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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