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Publication

Approach Guardrail Transition for Concrete Safety Shape Barriers

Author/Presenter: Faller, Ronald K.; Reid, John D.; Rhode, John R.
Abstract:

An approach guardrail transition, consisting of three-beam guardrail, steel posts, structural tube spacer blockouts, and a New Jersey connector plate, was developed and full-scale crash tested for use with the New Jersey concrete safety shape barrier. Two full-scale vehicle crash tests were performed according to TL-3 of NCHRP Report 350.

Source: Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Volume: 1647
Issue: 1
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Publication Date: January 1, 1998
Source URL: Link to URL
Publication Types: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Topics: Barriers (Roads); Crash Tests; Traffic Control Devices

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