TxDOT C412 Bridge Rail

Report Number(s): 0-6946-R2

Description: The test installation was 119 ft-11½ inches long and consisted of a 42-inch tall reinforced concrete parapet mounted on an 8½-inch thick, 40-inch wide reinforced cantilevered concrete deck. The parapet was 17½ inches wide at top and bottom. A series of 12¼-inch wide posts and 5¾-inch wide windows on 18-inch centers were cast between an 18-inch tall lower wall section and an upper 6-inch concrete beam. The installation had a 2-inch wide joint in the parapet and deck located approximately 30 ft from one end of the rail represented the critical location for the structural adequacy test. Three dowel bars fabricated from #8 (1-inch outside diameter) rebar spanned the open joint (one in the beam and two in the wall section).

Test Level: 5

Barrier Type: Aesthetic

MASH Test Number: 5-12

Proprietary/Non-proprietary: Non-proprietary

Pass/Fail: Pass

Evaluation: Full-Scale Crash Testing

Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation