Guardrails are an important feature of the roadside that are used to shield errant motorists from becoming involved in even more catastrophic crashes by redirecting vehicles away from fixed hazards such as trees and poles and terrain hazards such as steep roadside slopes and fill embankments.
The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Web-Only Document 304: Criteria for Restoration of Longitudinal Barriers, Phase II develops a Field Guide to assist maintenance personnel in making decisions about repairing damaged guardrail installations.
Supplementary material to the document is Appendices A-S.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Criteria for Restoration of Longitudinal Barriers, Phase II. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26321.
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