VEHICLE IMPACT TESTS OF A SEE-THROUGH, COLLAPSING RING, STRUCTURAL STEEL TUBE, BRIDGE BARRIER RAILING. FINAL REPORT

California has used a 32-inch high concrete parapet bridge rail with a New Jersey profile as the standard for most bridges in the past 10 years. A few transportation districts requested an alternate design that would allow motorists to see through the rail better in scenic areas. With this impetus, Caltrans proceeded to develop and crash test a new bridge barrier railing. Two crash tests were conducted. Static crush tests were also conducted on two steel pipe rings. The new design called Metal Railing (Tubular) Type 18 has been adopted as a standard and is ready for trial use.

• Corporate Authors:

  California Department of Transportation

  Transportation Laboratory
  5900 Folsom Boulevard
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95819

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Stoughton, R L
  • Stoker, J R
  • Nagai, I M
  • Bishop, R W
  • Hale, P
• Publication Date: 1983-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 136 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aesthetics; Bridge railings; Collapse; Crash tests; Crashes; Structural steel; Testing; Tubular structures
• Old TRIS Terms: Barrier design; Rings
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Research; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00474932
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/CA/TL-83/05, TL-636966
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 31 1987 12:00AM