Design of new circular test track at Proving Ground near Milford, Mich, required construction of access system to permit traffic to enter track from lower-speed inner lane; system of overpasses and fills to carry entering traffic over circular track and adjacent roadways was built; its most important feature is parapet which consists of double-angled, sloped-face concrete barrier surmounted by steel pipe rail secured by specially-designed brackets; parapet is designed to retain impacting vehicles on bridge, redirect them onto roadway, and inflict minimum damage to car's sheet metal and wheels.
Design and development of improved bridge parapet
Gen Motors Eng J
General Motors Engineering Journal ; 12 , n 3
1965
7 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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