A PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING FREQUENCIES TO INSPECT AND REPAIR HIGHWAY SAFETY HARDWARE. IMPLEMENTATION MANUAL

During this project, a procedure was developed for setting time periods for inspection and repair of highway safety hardware. It maximizes highway safety benefits for various roadway locations and classifications, subject to the constraints of available resources. The types of safety hardware considered were traffic barriers (roadside and median, transitions and end treatments, bridge rail and crash cushions) and sign supports and panels. Current practices for maintaining safety hardware were investigated through literature searches and visits to highway agencies of seven states, one city, and one county. Interviews were conducted with operations, traffic, safety, and maintenance personnel seeking descriptions of procedures and information used in detecting, scheduling, and completing the maintenance or repair of safety hardware. Specific inquiries were made about the availability, levels of detail, and use of traffic volume data and accident records for a common set of roadway classes, with emphasis on accidents involving safety hardware. Results were used to develop the planning method which is presented in this booklet.

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Publication Date: 1983-12

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 26 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barriers (Roads); Bridge railings; Constraints; Crash cushions; Crash records; Finance; Financing; Guardrail terminals; Guardrails; Highway safety; Inspection; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Maintenance practices; Manuals; Median barriers; Needs assessment; Planning; Repairing; Sign supports; Signs; Traffic volume
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers; Repairs
• Old TRIS Terms: Sign structures
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00469120
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-IP-83-4
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1988 12:00AM