Roadside Safety Design

Resources

MnDOT resources

• Roadside Hardware Identification and Inspection Handbook (PDF)
  • Handbook Errata (PDF)
• Guardrail/Barrier Drawings - Standard Plans, Standard Plates, and Design Details.
• Approved/Qualified Products - Roadside Barrier Products
• Facility Design Guide Chapter 10 – Roadside Design and Traffic Barriers (PDF)
• Design Scene, Chapter 14: Guardrail and Barriers (PDF)
• MnDOT Guardrail Replacement and Maintenance Guidelines (PDF) - Research Project Final Report #2010RIC13

Active Technical Memoranda  related to  Guardrail/Barrier

• 01-24-TS-09 - W-Beam Bull Nose (PDF)

FHWA/AASHTO/NCHRP resources

• FHWA – Hardware Eligibility Letters
• FHWA – Roadside Hardware Resource Charts
• FHWA - W-Beam Guardrail Repair, A Guide for Highway and Street Maintenance Personnel (PDF)
• AASHTO Roadside Design Guide/Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH)
• AASHTO Task Force 13
• NCHRP Report 350 –Recommended Procedure for the Safety Performance Evaluation of Highway Features (PDF)
• NCHRP Report 656 -Criteria for Restoration of Longitudinal Barriers (PDF)

Research/pooled funds/crash testing reports

• Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF)
• Roadside Safety Research Program (Texas Transportation Institute)

Guardrail terminal videos

• SoftStop from Trinity Highway Products | MaineDOT's Guardrail Inspection Training
• MSKT from Road Systems, Inc | MaineDOT's Guardrail Inspection Training
• FLEAT from Road Systems, Inc | MaineDOT's Guardrail Inspection Training
• SRT-350 from Trinity Highway Products | MaineDOT's Guardrail Inspection Training
• MAX-Tension from Lindsay Corporation | MaineDOT's Guardrail Inspection Training