Highway Barrier Aesthetics
California Highway Barrier Aesthetics Report
This report will familiarize designers with current barrier design options, and encourage appropriate aesthetic considerations to develop visually pleasing context sensitive solutions for highway projects.
Textured Barriers - Introduction
Textured Barriers Final Report (Part 1)
Textured Barriers Final Report (Part 2)
Federal
Concurrence Letter
Letter from the Federal Highway Administration to California Department
of Transportation that approves the use of various textures and patterns on concrete highway barriers.
Aesthetic Barrier Design Guidance
Aesthetic
Treatment Plan Sheets
Plan sheets of textures that passed National Cooperative
Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 350 performance
criteria, test level 3. These include a section
and elevation of a Concrete Barrier Type 60 with
various textures that comply with Federal Concurrance
Letter dated December 20, 2002.
Fact
Sheet for Barrier Aesthetics
Information about texture, coloring, and innovative construction.
Information about California's first textured concrete barrier on State Route 1 in Carmel
Textured
Barrier Type 60 - Random Stone Slip Form
Information about a slip form concrete barrier on State Route 1 in San Luis Obispo County
Aesthetic Barrier and Aesthetic Guardrail Product Information
Caltrans Approved Traffic Safety Hardware Products
Includes Ironwood Guide Rail and Steel Backed Timber Guardrailing
California Department of Transportation Approved Products List.
Highway Safety Features New Products Committee (HSFNPC) Approves New Roadside Safety Products
Including Steel Backed Timber Guardrailing
Ironwood Guide Rail - Product Information
Aesthetic railing that may be suited for use along scenic highways; at rest areas; at scenic overlooks; and at other locations where its "peeled log" appearance may be appropriate.