MCDOT- Traffic Engineering and Operations: Guardrail

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Guardrail

The purpose of guardrail is to reduce the potential for, and the severity of accidents involving vehicles that run off the road. The following parameters are useful in evaluating a location for the need of guardrail:

Distance from the roadway to the hazard
Embankment height and slope
Speed and volume of traffic
Horizontal and vertical alignment of the roadway
Accident history

New Installations
Click on the following link for additional information concerning guardrail:
Federal Highway Administration
To address any issues concerning damaged guardrail, please report the location to the
Division of Highway Services.

For additional general information, please contact:

Division of Traffic Engineering and Operations
Traffic Engineering Design and Operations Section
100 Edison Park Drive, 4th Floor
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878
Telephone: 240.777.0311
Fax: 240.777.2080