CABLE GUIDERAIL BREAKAWAY TERMINAL ENDS. FINAL REPORT

Twelve full-scale crash tests were performed at the Department's Highway Safety Test Center to evaluate performance of modifications to the existing cable guiderail breakaway-terminal end. A recent test at Southwest Research Institute using an 1800-lb sedan revealed that in the existing design, cables did not release when a departing vehicle impacted just upstream of the anchor. Three modified anchorage systems were evaluated in accordance with NCHRP Report 230 criteria, with the final design resulting in acceptable performance.

• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Transportation

  Engineering Research and Development Bureau, 1220 Washington Avenue
  Albany, NY  United States  12232

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Phillips, R G
  • Tyrell, A B
  • Bryden, J E
  • Fortuniewicz, J S
• Publication Date: 1990-3

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 71 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cables; Crash tests; Crashes; Guardrail terminals; Guardrails; Performance evaluations; Structural design; Testing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Modifications
• Old TRIS Terms: Breakaway terminal ends
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00493698
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/NY/RR-90/148, Res Rept 148, NCP 4A5D0142
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 30 1991 12:00AM