MASH Evaluation of TxDOT Roadside Safety Features - Phase 1 /

Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Bridge, Design, Maintenance, and Traffic Operations Divisions reviewed their standards for roadside safety devices and identified those devices that require testing and evaluation to assess MASH compliance. In Phase I, the following devices were crash test...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bligh, Roger P. (Author), Menges, Wanda L. (Author), Kuhn, Darrell L. (Author)
Corporate Authors: Texas. Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office (sponsoring body.), United States. Federal Highway Administration (sponsoring body.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station, Texas : Texas A&M Transportation Institute, January 2018.
Series:Research report (Austin, Tex.) ; 0-6946-1.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Bridge, Design, Maintenance, and Traffic Operations Divisions reviewed their standards for roadside safety devices and identified those devices that require testing and evaluation to assess MASH compliance. In Phase I, the following devices were crash tested: 36 inch vertical parapet bridge rail, 1 inch asphalt concrete pavement lateral support for concrete median barrier, pinning pattern for precast concrete barrier on concrete, single and dual embedded wood post sign support systems, pedestal poles with flashing beacons with and without solar assembly, double mailbox system on TxDOT Type 3 foundation and winged channel support, double mailbox system on TxDOT Type 2 foundation and thin walled galvanized tube support, and multi-mailbox system on TxDOT Type 1 foundation and thin walled galvanized tube support.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 149, 180 variously numbered pages) : color illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 149).