This guide will help you to identify end terminals - the protective caps on the ends of Vehicle Barriers.
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Description |
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Rolled sheet metal |
A simple head of bent steel |
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Impact head |
A more complex fabricated head |
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Buried |
Normal rail buried in the slope behind it |
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Turn Down |
Any type of barrier turned down into the ground |
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Blunt End |
Any type of barrier with an unfinished end |
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| Answer |
Description |
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Yes |
Yes, there is a chute |
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No |
No, there is no chute |
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| Answer |
Description |
Example Image |
No |
The rail splices occur between posts |
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Yes |
The splices are bolted to the posts |
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| Answer |
Description |
Example Image |
| Box Beam |
Rectagular steel box |
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| W Beam |
Rolled steel panel |
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| Answer |
Description |
Example Image |
| Yes |
Two visible cables |
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| No |
One visbile cable |
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| Answer |
Description |
Example Image |
| Enclosing |
The head appears to be fitted over the rail |
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| Attached |
The head is secured to the rail |
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| Answer |
Description |
Example Image |
| Yes |
Long, horizontal slots cut in the rail near the terminal. |
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| No |
Solid w-beam |
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| Answer |
Description |
Example Image |
| Bar |
A small, hollow bar on the top of the impact head |
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| Hooks |
Six hooks which attach to the w-beam between post 1 and 2 (to hold the cable anchor bracket) |
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| Neither |
No hooks or bar on top |
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¶ Does the device have a ground strut (a metal bar between post 1 and post 2)?
| Answer |
Description |
Example Image |
| Yes |
There is a metal tube between post 1 and 2 |
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| No |
There is no tube between post 1 and 2 |
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| Answer |
Description |
Example Image |
| Yes |
Yes, there are long horiztonal slots |
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| No |
No, the w-beam appears solid |
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| Answer |
Description |
Example Image |
| Yes |
Yes, it has a piece of pipe on the end. |
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| No |
No. It has a piece of folded steel. |
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¶ Does the device have a steel cable running thru the rail and over the traffic face?
| Answer |
Description |
Example Image |
| Yes |
Yes, it has a visible steel cable on the traffic face. |
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| No |
No. The cable does not pass through the rail |
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| Answer |
Description |
Example Image |
| Yes |
There is a hole in post 2 or beyond |
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| No |
There is no hole in post 2 |
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