Design criteria for collision protection beams (formerly BD 65/14)

DMRB: Highway Structures and Bridges CD 366

Highways England, 2020
Design criteria for collision protection beams (formerly BD 65/14) Download document

Document Status

Current

Supplement

Civil & Structural Supplement

Series

DMRB: Highway Structures and Bridges

Abstract

Provides design requirements for protecting existing structures from collision due to bridge strikes by over-height vehicles. Covers procedures, layout, design, signs and markings.

History

Supersedes BD 65/14 Highway structures: Design (substructures and special structures), materials. Special structures. Design criteria for collision protection beams (HA, 2014). Design manual for roads and bridges (DMRB). Revision 0 - dated March 2020 - Replaces BD 65/14.

Subjects

  • Civil engineering, infrastructure and public utilities
  • Transport facilities
  • Roads
  • Safety fences/barriers

Publisher History

Highways England (formerly Highways Agency) was transformed into National Highways in 2021. It was responsible for the operation, maintenance and improvement of England's motorways and major A roads. It was an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Transport.

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