HEAVY VEHICLE TESTS OF TUBULAR THRIE BEAM RETROFIT BRIDGE RAILING

This program was directed toward further test and evaluation of a retrofit bridgerail design developed in an earlier FHWA program. In this series six tests were performed using vehicles ranging from 1840 lb (835 kg) to 40,000 lb (18,144 kg). In all tests the vehicles were successfully redirected, but some barrier modification was required to prevent vehicle rollover. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Southwest Research Institute

  6220 Culebra Road, P.O. Drawer 28510
  San Antonio, TX  United States  78228-0510

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • Kimball Jr, C E
  • Bronstad, M E
  • Michie, J D
• Publication Date: 1985-3

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 75 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge railings; Crash tests; Heavy vehicles; Retrofitting; Rollover crashes; Thrie beams; Tubular structures
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I25: Design of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395186
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-82-007 Final Rpt., FCP 31G1-103
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-8310
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1987 12:00AM