Guardrail Safety Training

Notice of Funding Opportunity

• NOFO posting: https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/352713
• Outreach Webinar:
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Training

• Training Resources (To be Developed)

Guardrail Inspection, Maintenance, and Installation Information

Guidance and Memoranda

• American Association of State Highway and transportation Officials (AASHTO) Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH)
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) memos on guardrail installation and maintenance
• Guardrail 101 (Purpose, Function, and Crashworthiness of Guardrails)
• Report to Congress: Roadside Safety Hardware Identification Methods

Device Specific Memoranda and Feedback

• FHWA Review of ET-Plus
• FHWA memo on Information on X-LITE Guardrail Terminals
• Letter from Tennessee Department of Transportation on X-LITE end terminal

Additional Resources or Related Topics

• Roadside Safety Hardware: The Last Line of Defense (Fact Sheet)
• Roadway Departure

In-Service Performance Evaluation (ISPE)

ISPE Resources and Guidance

• TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 490: In-Service Performance of Traffic Barriers
• Transportation Research Board (TRB) Special Report 323: In-Service Performance Evaluation of Guardrail End Treatment
• Texas A&M: Developing an In-Service Performance Evaluation (ISPE) for Roadside Safety Features in Texas
• AASHTO’s MASH Hardware 2nd Edition, 2016, Chapter 7 – In-Service Performance Evaluation
• FHWA memo on In-Service Performance Evaluation (ISPE)

Research

Internal

• FHWA Pilot ISPE Guardrail End Treatment
  For information on ISPE pilot, contact Ana Maria Eigen (ana.eigen@dot.gov)
  202-493-3168.

External

• ISPE National Cooperative Highway Research Program Study: NCHRP 22-33 Multi-State In-Service Performance Evaluations of Roadside Safety Hardware
• Florida Department of Transportation In-Service Performance Evaluations (ISPE) web page
• NCHRP Roadside Hardware Replacement Analysis: User Guide
• Summary Report of 2021 MASH Virtual Roundtables

For more information on Guardrail Inspection, Maintenance, and Installation Information, please contact the Office of Safety, Aimee Zhang (Aimee.Zhang@dot.gov) 202-366-6537.