HIGHWAY NOISE BARRIER SELECTION, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCES: A STATE-OF-THE-ART REPORT-1975 IMPLEMENTATION PACKAGE 76-8

Highway engineers are becoming increasingly aware of the wide range of alternatives that are available to abate highway traffic noise. One of the most commonly used alternatives has been the construction of free standing noise barriers. This report contains a cross section of the experiences of State highway agencies in the selection, design, and construction of highway noise barriers. It summarizes progress to data and includes project data, sample plans, and photographs for different types of barriers. Factors considered in the report include safety, barrier design, cost, attenuation, community acceptance, and maintenance problems. /Author/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1977-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 171
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communities; Construction; Costs; Noise barriers; Public relations; Safety; State of the art studies; Traffic noise
• Uncontrolled Terms: Attenuation; Community support
• Old TRIS Terms: Barrier design; Barrier types
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152343
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 11 1977 12:00AM