DESIGN MANUAL FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES: VOLUME 2, SECTION2, PART 5, DESIGN CRITERIA FOR COLLISION PROTECTION BEAMS

This Standard covers the design requirements of collision beams for the superstructures of existing bridges over highways and for tunnel entrances. Collision protection beams should be designed in accordance with the relevant parts of British Standard BS 5400. A CPD is intended either to slow or stop a vehicle which is over-height for the measured headroom at a particular bridge or tunnel site.

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  STATIONERY OFFICE

  49 HIGH HOLBORN
  LONDON,   United Kingdom  WC1V 6HB
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 9 p.
• Serial:
  • BD 65/97
  • Publisher: STATIONERY OFFICE

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Bridges; Crashes; Loss and damage; Prevention; Safety; Specifications; Tunnels
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 3472: Beam; 3455: Bridge; 1631: Collision; 1614: Damage; 9149: Prevention; 1665: Safety; 177: Specifications; 3374: Tunnel; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00761768
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-11-551894-0
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Apr 15 1999 12:00AM