NCHRP Report 350 Test 3-11 of the Washington 3-Strand Cable Barrier with New York Cable Terminal

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) initiated a research project to assess the performance of several highway safety appurtenances in accordance with the guidelines presented in National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 350. The State of Washington's 3-strand cable barrier was one of the installations selected for testing. A single test, NCHRP Report 350 test designation 3-10, the 820 kilogram small car length of need (LON) test was performed in March 1996 and it performed acceptably in the test. NCHRP Report 350 test designation 3-11, the 2000-kilogram pickup truck LON test was also performed and is reported herein. This designation requires a 2000-kilogram pickup truck to impact the LON section of the barrier at a nominal speed and angle of 100 kilometer per hour and 25 degrees, respectively. A 145-meter long test installation of Washington 3-strand cable barrier was constructed with New York cable terminals on each end. Details of the installation and results of the full-scale crash test are presented herein. The Washington 3 strands cable barrier with New York cable terminals performed acceptably for NCHRP Report 350 test designation 3-11.

• Record URL:
  https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/17000/17100/17197/PB2001100138.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Bullard Jr, D Lance
  • Menges, Wanda L
  • Buth, C Eugene
  • Schoeneman, Sandra K
• Publication Date: 2000-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Draft Test Report
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 60p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cables; Crashes; Guardrail terminals; Guardrails; Highway safety; Impact tests; Median barriers; Medians; Roadside improvement
• Geographic Terms: New York (New York); Washington (District of Columbia)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01104279
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: DTFH-97-C-00039
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 17 2008 9:23AM