¶ Bridge Rails
Bridge rails prevent vehicles from leaving bridges. Though they are often similar to roadside barriers they are distinct becasue they must be anchored to the bridge structure rather than driven into the road shoulder.
¶ Operation
To Be Completed
¶ Devices
There are very wide variety of bridge rails that have been crash tested and are currently in use around the US:
- 31-inch W-Beam Guardrail on Low-Fill Box Culvert
- Aesthetic Baulstrade Bridge Railing
- AIMS Liferail Retrofit Bridge Rail
- Alaska MASH 2-Tube Bridge Rail
- Annisquam River Bridge
- Baltimore-Washington Parkway Railing
- Bronx-Whitestone Median Barrier Extension Bridge Rail
- CA Type 732
- CA Type 80
- CA Type 80 SW
- CA Type ST-10
- CA Type ST-20
- CA Type ST-30
- CA Type ST-40 (NETC 4-Bar)
- California Type 732SW Bridge Railing
- California Type 90 Concrete/Steel Bridge Railing
- Constant Slope Barrier on Cantilevered Bridge Deck with Noise Wall
- Conti Half-Shape Concrete Temporary Bridge Railing
- Curb-Type Timber Bridge Rail
- DL Thrie Beam Retrofit
- EdgeRail
- "FL 42"" Vertical Wall"
- Foothills Parkway Bridge Railing
- F-Shape Barrier on Cantilevered Bridge Deck with Noise Wall
- GA One-Pipe Combo Rail
- GA Two-Pipe Combo Rail
- Glacier Removable Bridge Railing
- Glue-Laminated Wood Curb Railing
- "Hawaii 34"" Tall Aesthetic Concrete Bridge Rail"
- "Hawaii 42"" Tall Aesthetic Concrete Bridge Rail"
- IA Retrofit Concrete
- IL 2399
- Illinois Side Mounted Steel Railing
- IN Steel Tube Bridge Rail PS-1
- IN Steel Tube Bridge Rail PS-2
- Low-Profile Concrete Bridge Railing
- "Maine 36"" 3-Tube Bridge Railing"
- Manitoba Constrained-Width Tall-Wall Bridge Railing
- MDS-4
- MDS-5
- MDTA Chesapeake Bay Bridge Concrete Rail System
- MGS Bridge Rail
- MI Open Parapet
- MI Tubular Railing
- MI Two Tube
- MI Type 5
- MN Type 3 Combo Railing
- MN Type F with Bicycle Rail
- MO Thrie Beam
- Modified NETC 4-Bar for Through-Truss Bridges
- Natchez Trace Bridge Rail
- NDOR Aesthetic Concrete Bridge Railing
- NE Concrete Beam
- NE Tubular Thrie Beam
- Nested W-Beam with Tubular Backup Culvert Rail (OH Type 5 w/ Tubular Backup)
- NETC Two Rail
- NJDOT Balustrade Pulaski Skyway Bridge Parapet
- North Carolina Standard 1-Bar
- NV Safety Shape Parapet
- NY Five Tube
- NY Four Tube
- NY Three Tube
- NY Two Tube
- OK Timber Rail
- OK TR1
- Open Profile Concrete Bridge Railing
- OR Parapet and Sidewalk
- OR Three Tube
- OR Two Tube
- OR Vertical Parapet
- Oregon 2-Tube Curb-Mounted Bridge Railing
- Oregon 3-Tube Curb-Mounted Bridge Rail
- PennDOT PA Bridge Barrier
- PennDOT PA Type 10M Bridge Barrier
- Precast Bolt-Down Safety Shape
- Precast Clamp Crete
- Precast Clamp Crete Parapet
- Safety Shape with Combo Rail
- Side-Mounted Rectangular Tube Bridge Railing
- Side-Mounted Thrie-Beam Bridge Railing
- Side-Mounted W-Beam
- Tacoma Narrows Bridge
- Texas T5 Modified Bridge Rail
- Three-Rail Steel Bridge Rail with Curb
- Thrie-Beam Rail for Wood Decks
- Throgs Neck Bridge Rail
- TL-2 Glulam Timber Bridge Railing
- TL3 NC Vertical Wall
- TL3 Ohio Box Beam
- TL-4 F-Shape Concrete Bridge Railing
- TL-4 Glulam Timber Bridge Railing
- TL4 NC Vertical Wall
- TL-4 Safety-Shape Concrete Bridge Railing
- TL-5 F-Shape Concrete Bridge Railing
- TL-5 Safety-Shape Concrete Bridge Railing
- Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Bridge Railing
- Tru-Beam Aluminum Bridge Railing
- Truss-Core F-Shape
- Tubular Steel-Backed Timber Railing
- Tubular W-Beam Bridge Railing (TX Type T6)
- TX C411
- TX Energy Absorbing Bridge Railing
- TX F411
- TX T4
- TX T411
- TX T501
- TX T501 SW
- TX TT
- TX TYpe C202
- TX Type HT
- TXDOT T77
- Vertical Concrete Wall TL-2
- Vertical Concrete Wall TL-4
- Vertical Concrete Wall TL-5
- Vertical Wall with Sidewalk
- Vertical-Face PCB for Composite Decks
- Visi-Barrier 32-in F Bridge Railing
- Visi-Barrier 32-inch New Jersey Bridge Railing
- Visi-Barrier 32-inch Single-Slope Bridge Railing
- Visi-Barrier 42-inch F Bridge Railing
- Visi-Barrier 42-inch New Jersey Bridge Railing
- Visi-Barrier 42-inch Single-Slope Bridge Railing
- W and Tube Beam Deck Mounted (Texas T101)
- WA 10-Ga Thrie Beam Retrofit
- Washington DC Historic Retrofit
- W-Beam on Glulam Timber Deck
- W-Beam with breakaway wood posts
- West Virginia TL-1 Timber Curb-Type Bridge Barrier
- WV W-Beam Retrofit
- WY Two Tube
The sources of the specific device names are documented here.
¶ Condition Assesment
To Be Completed