Caltrans Demonstrates New Mobile Work Zone Protection Device

To increase the safety of field workers and motorists at highway projects and to enhance the efficiency of those projects, Caltrans, with support from FHWA, has created a mobile work zone protection device known as the Balsi Beam. Named for a Caltrans worker injured in a work zone crash, the Balsi Beam is an innovative, patent-pending device that serves as an extendable physical barrier to protect the flank of a work zone.