| Title | Testing of New Bridge Rail and Transition Designs Vol. X APP.I; 42-in (1.07-m) Concrete Parapet Bridge Railing |
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| Record ID | 5791 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Buth, C. Eugene; Hirsh, T.J.; Ivev, Don L. |
| Corporate Creator | United States. Federal Highway Administration |
| Publisher | United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration |
| Publication Date | 19970600 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | This report presents the results of a State Planning and Research (SP&R) pooled-fund study to develop safer bridge rail and transition designs.This pooled-fund study was sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, 23 States, and the District of Columbia. A panel of representatives from those agencies selected the designs to be studied.Ten bridge rails and two transitions were designed and crash tested in accordance with the recommendations for the various Performance Levels in the 1989 AASHTO Guide Specifications for Bridge Railings. Acceptable performance was demonstrated for ,a11 of the crash tested designs. |
| Rosap ID | dot:13419 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13419 |
| TRT Terms | Highway safety; Parapets; Bridge railings; Specifications; Performance evaluations; Pooled funds |
| Classification | NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Design |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
737912 |
| Report Number | FHWA-RD-93-067 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/5000/5700/5791/932.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |