Maintenance Issues
As you’ll learn, maintenance and repair issues, from re-tensioning to crew training, vary widely by system design. Let our Lead States Team’s experience guide you through the maze of considerations. Click on a link below to learn more.
Below are links to some States' information on their own background with Cable Median Barrier
North Carolina Information
Washington Information
Ohio Information
Texas Information
FHWA Information
Other States' Information
North Carolina Information
General Information
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Washington Information
Report
Foilo/Handout
Video
Cable Cutting Demostration
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Ohio Information
General Information
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Maintenance Issues drove choice for High Tension cable system
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On un-socketed system, concrete came out of the ground and laid in the median for two and a half months because of frozen ground
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5 to 7 hits per mile per year
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2 to 5 days to repair from notification (depends on severity)
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Have mowing concerns (some)
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Have snow removal concerns (many)
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Contractor repairs with no parts contracts
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Texas Information
General Information
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Approximately 40 minutes to repair each hit
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An average of 10 posts are taken out per hit
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Installing mow strips, and mow strip is costing more than cable barrier itself
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Mow strip placement is left up to each district
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In one district all maintenance goes out to contract
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Repairs are completed within one day
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Will check tension in maintenance sections
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Each maintenance section is supplied with a tension meter
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Systems have not lost a lot of tension
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FHWA Information
General Information
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Other States' Information
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