Bridge rail and approach railing for low-volume roads in Iowa

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2262, 2011, Pages 85-93

  Bigelow, Jake ^a   Hans, Zachary ^a   Phares, Brent ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; VEHICLES;

'CURRENT; CRASH ANALYSIS; DARK CONDITIONS; EXISTING BRIDGE; INITIAL COSTS; LOW VOLUME ROADS; MAINTENANCE COST; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; ROAD BRIDGE; VEHICLE CRASHES;

BRIDGES;

EID: 84857572956     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2262-09     Document Type: Article

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