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Roadside Barrier Designs Near Bridge Ends with Restricted Rights of Way

项目名称：	Roadside Barrier Designs Near Bridge Ends with Restricted Rights of Way
摘要：	A general problem that occurs at many existing highway bridge locations throughout the United States is where the length of need for guardrail required at bridge ends cannot be installed due to conflicts within the existing right of way (ROW) limits. The conflicts may consist of an existing intersecting private driveway, state or local roadway intersection, or other objects that do not allow the placement of the required guardrail length of need. It is not unusual at some existing bridge sites to have 10 feet or less between the end of the bridge and the conflict. Because most Test Level 3 (TL-3) tangent or flared guardrail end treatment systems are normally within the range of 37 to 50 feet in length, there is typically a problem with fitting the end treatment systems and guardrail transitions to the bridge rail at these restricted sites. Additionally, no current short radius guardrail system has been able to meet NCHRP Report 350 or the AASHTO Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) Test Level 3 (TL-3) safety performance criteria for high-speed roadways. In many cases the private or public entity is unwilling to relocate the driveway, intersecting roadway, or other conflict and the state DOT or local transportation agency is left dealing with a potential safety issue. Traditional solutions are not very practical and prevent the bridge end and any other hazards around the bridge from being properly protected by a longitudinal barrier. In many cases, the State DOT will require that a design exception be acquired to install anything less than the required length of need with the proper guardrail end treatment. Mitigation of this problem was one of the issues specifically identified in the August 18, 1998 AASHTO/FHWA Agreement on implementing NCHRP Report 350. Previous research with short-radius type systems has either been unable to meet the TL-3 safety criteria and/or have proven unable to meet the space requirements for many of the intersecting roadway sites. Thus, no effective method for treating these sites is currently available for high-speed facilities. The objective of the research is to develop guidance on barrier safety treatment alternatives near bridge ends with restricted rights of way in a format suitable for potential adoption and inclusion as an update to the AASHTO Roadside Design Guide (RDG). This guidance document shall provide a barrier design(s) with a minimum footprint where the required length of need for guardrail at bridge ends cannot be installed due to intersecting roadways, driveways, or other obstruction. The proposed design(s) shall meet minimum TL-3 MASH requirements and be accompanied with required documentation necessary for an "FHWA Eligibility Letter for Reimbursement" application. The guidance shall include compliant drawings meeting AASHTO/AGC/ARTBA Task Force 13 (TF13) criteria. The guidance document is meant to be suitable for use by state DOTs and other agencies for balloting and acceptance by the AASHTO Highways Subcommittee on Design through its Technical Committee on Roadside Safety (TCRS).
状态：	Active
资金：	744767
资助组织：	Federal Highway Administration<==>American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO)<==>National Cooperative Highway Research Program
项目负责人：	McKenney, Christopher
执行机构：	KLS Engineering, LLC
开始时间：	20140825
预计完成日期：	20211123
主题领域：	Bridges and other structures；Design；Highways；Safety and Human Factors