AASHTO M180 Thrie-Beam Highway Guardrail

Technical specification

Dimensions shown are the standard range. Non-standard lengths, hole patterns and coating weights are produced to order — send your drawing for a confirmation drawing.

Description

Products Description

hrie beam guardrail

Thrie beam guardrail features its shape of three waves, which has an added corrugation on the basic of traditional W-beam. Compared to two-wave shape products, this one has a stronger construction and higher impact endurance. It has been successfully impact-tested by a heavy truck and has showed its remarkable resistance against the crash force.

It is a perfect combination of high quality material (including Q235, Q345, etc.) and excellent anti-rust zinc or PVC coating. All of these make it outstanding at long-term corrosion and rust resistance. Meanwhile, it costs effectively and is widely used as a visual and physical barrier for protection against run-off road collision. Additionally, it is often used as a specific signs for a transition to high speed roadways, bridges, etc.

Manufacturing Technique

Thrie Beam Guardrail Advantages

* No offset block required
* Higher durability and strength than W-beam guardrails
* Absorb maximum energy of the impact force
* Redirect the mobile equipment as fast as it can
* Visual remand of the transition to highways or bridges
* Preventing the pedestrians from walking across highways ignoring the running cars
* Protect the vehicles against skidding off roads, especially mountain roads and bridges.

Key features

• Three-wave thrie-beam section for higher containment than a W-beam
• Hot-dip galvanized, minimum 550 g/m² zinc coating to AASHTO M180
• Produced in AASHTO M180, EN 1317 and national transit standards
• Longer effective span between posts reduces post count and install time
• Matched posts, spacers and terminals supplied in the same shipment

Where it is used

• Bridges and viaducts
• Tunnel portals
• High-traffic corridors
• High-speed motorways
• Rail and metro corridors
• Gantries and sign supports

Complete the system

A barrier is supplied as a set. These are the components that go with this item on a typical installation.

• Guardrail Post
• Guardrail Spacer
• Guardrail End