Oklahoma
We were told that they repainted all the guardrails and
did not replace any. We will check this out in July.
6/13/00 Why would they repaint substandard guardrails???? WoW!
They should spend there time and money making them safe.
Oklahoma is installing new guardrails (turndown and
bluntend) that are not legal on the NHS. 4/2/00 is the date of the
pictures. It shows brand new guardrails that do not meet any current
standards. These new turndowns are on highway 59 south of Jay.
There are also new turndowns and bluntends in Grove and the surrounding
areas. We have written the officials of Oklahoma including the
Governor and the FHWA to get the terrible installations removed.
These guardrails should be replaced immediately. It would be our
opinion that the State could be very liable for the type and way the
guardrails were installed. 6/6/00
UPDATE: We received a letter from the FHWA that said they are not
required to remove the bluntend guardrails on the low speed, low volume
roads on the NHS. He said that the bluntends would be legal on these
roads. We have read the memorandum forward and backward and see
nothing that eliminates these highways from being required to
upgrade the bluntends. Click
here to read the MEMORAMDUM. Please write the officials in the
area and ask them to meet the current standards. It may be your best
friend that is injured or killed.
We would ask the FHWA to point out in the memorandum
the area that says the bluntend terminals don't have to be removed on all
of the by Sept. 29, 1996.
This picture shows the height of the new turndown
guardrail. This is installed at 18 inches to the top of the rail and
should be 27 inches to the top of the rail. Instead of stopping a
car this would most likely rip a hole in the gas tank.
This is another picture of the above rail installed
at 18 inches. There are probably around 50 new installations of
W-beam rail in the area that do not meet any current standards.
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