Investigating and Developing a MASH Compliant Contraflow Ramp Closure Gate

The research objective is to investigate the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) crashworthiness of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) ramp closure gate through computer simulation. Using the current LADOTD gate system as a model, this project will evaluate the design according to MASH test numbers 60, 61, and 62 criteria.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $20000
• Contract Numbers:

  22-1ST; 1000418

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  5304 Flanders Drive, Suite A
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Managing Organizations:

  Louisiana Transportation Research Center

  4101 Gourrier Avenue
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808

  Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

  Baton Rouge, LA  United States 
• Project Managers:

  Alaywan, Walid

• Performing Organizations:

  Louisiana Transportation Research Center

  4101 Gourrier Avenue
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Principal Investigators:

  Kiani, Maysam

• Start Date: 20210810
• Expected Completion Date: 20220711
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compliance; Contraflow lanes; Crashworthiness; Gates; Ramps; Simulation
• Identifier Terms: AASHTO Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01779272
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Contract Numbers: 22-1ST; 1000418
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 23 2021 3:31PM