High Tension Guard Cable Inspection and Life Cycle

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) began utilizing guard cable along interstate routes in the early 2000s, and since that time has installed more than 800 miles of guard cable on divided highways. For this project, MoDOT aims to take a deeper dive on the life of these systems, installation and repairs, and material characteristics after impact(s), among other items, to better understand this type of asset as it has been utilized by the Department for almost 20 years. Some of the objectives include analyzing the material properties after multiple impacts, reviewing installation and repair procedures, reviewing installation inspection and maintenance records along with available crash reports, conducting field inspections of a representative sample of locations, and conducting a life cycle assessment.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $300,000
• Contract Numbers:

  TR202123

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Missouri Department of Transportation

  1617 Missouri Boulevard
  P.O. Box 270
  Jefferson City, MO  United States  65102
• Project Managers:

  Hosey, Jenni

• Performing Organizations:

  Missouri Center for Transportation Innovation

  Lafferre Hall
  416 S 6th St.
  Columbia, Missouri  United States  65201
• Principal Investigators:

  Washer, Glenn

  Myers, John J.

• Start Date: 20211115
• Expected Completion Date: 20240615
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barriers (Roads); Cables; Highway safety; Installation; Life cycle analysis; Repairing; Traffic crashes
• Geographic Terms: Missouri
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01875336
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Missouri Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: TR202123
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 10 2023 10:57AM