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Traffic barrier with a pedestrian guardrail behind it. Traffic barriers (known in North America as guardrails or guard rails, [1] in Britain as crash barriers, [2] and in auto racing as Armco barriers [3]) keep vehicles within their roadway and prevent them from colliding with dangerous obstacles such as boulders, sign supports, trees, bridge abutments, buildings, walls, and large storm drains ...
In places, such as Arizona, there is indication that the state government agency in charge of highway regulation failed to follow proper installation procedures. [8] Apparently there are internal government documents which show that the Arizona Department of Transportation was aware of cable barrier problems, and they may have also rushed ...
The North Carolina General Assembly began its democracy-dismantling crusade a dozen years ago by working enthusiastically to disenfranchise its apparent adversaries.
A North Carolina state government building that had Department of Health and Human Services office space, it was set to be demolished in 2023, but still stands in May 2024. The land will be turned ...
The Executive Organization Act of 1971 combined the state highway commission and the DMV to form the NC Department of Transportation and Highway Safety. In 1979 "Highway Safety" was dropped when the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) was transferred to the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. [2]
In September 2015, The FHWA and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials published a joint task force report titled, “Safety Analysis of Extruding W-Beam Guardrail End Terminal Crashes.” The report concluded that there are no unique performance limitations that can be attributed to the ET-Plus as manufactured ...
Cole Woodard, of the North Carolina National Guard, looks at damage along the Nolichucky River near the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.
SC 160 at the South Carolina state line: NC 49 in Charlotte: 1942: current NC 161 — — Virginia state line: NC 16 (now NC 88) in Warrensville: 1930: 1937 First form; renumbered NC 162 NC 161: 10.6: 17.1 SC 161 at the South Carolina state line: NC 274 in Bessemer City: 1937: current Second form NC 162 — — Virginia state line