highway safety

end connections

Steel Highway Barrier is widely used as highway roadside protective facilities, play an important role in protecting vehicles and personnel.

But actually, highway barrier ends unreasonable design or construction, make the highway guardrail pose a safety hazard. The terminal end of the w beam / Thrie beam highway barrier is determined according to the points of the section.

Highway Road barrier terminal end refers to a special treatment made by the highway barrier at the starting point or key point. The roadside barrier is mainly based on the height of embankment fill, slope gradient and decide whether to set up roadside, dangerous degree, therefore, generally roadside barrier is not set up in a row, every set barrier is a starting point and endpoint will need to set the end of the barrier. The focus of the terminal end ( end connection ) disposal is at the starting point, which is upstream of the highway barrier or the face of the car, such as the upper bridge pier to meet the car face and the center point.

Types Of End Connections:

Fish Tail
The fishtail terminal end is usually set at the end of the road barrier.

Bullnose
The bullnose end is usually set at the starting of the barrier.

Transition plate
Transition plate will be used as a smooth transfer from w beam to Thrie beam or vice versa.

W beam terminal connector
W beam terminal connector will be used as a connection between w beam and concrete barrier or wall.

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