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Archived Hardware Eligibility Letters – NCHRP 350

These letters are archived and are posted for "historical and research purposes only" per the sunset dates in the AASHTO/FHWA Joint Implementation Agreement and exceptions to these dates as posted on the AASHTO Committee on Design website.

Letter Date Sort ascending Testing Manufacturer Hardware Type Device Description
SS-78 NCHRP 350 SMI Steel - Southern Post Sign Supports, Mailboxes, and Delineator Posts Steel Flanged Channel Sign Posts up to 3.7 kg/m
SS-41A Richard Strizki Sign Supports, Mailboxes, and Delineator Posts Design revisions to New Jersey Breakaway Sign System.
WZ-02 NCHRP 350 Impact Recovery Systems, Inc Work Zone Devices Vertical Panel w/driveable base, Portable Single and Double Vertical Panels, Fixed Single and Double Vertical Panels, Fixed Chevron sign Assemblies, Accepted TL-3
WZ-03 NCHRP 350 Various Work Zone Devices FHWA Memo of 8-28-98. It finds the following tested devices acceptable for use on the NHS. See Attachment B, Table 2 for test data, and the drawings after the tables for illustrations of the crashworthy devices.
CC-31A NCHRP 350 King Mak, TTI Barrier Terminals and Crash Cushions Modified Metal End Section
B-44 NCHRP 350 FHWA memo to field Longitudinal Barriers and Bridge Rails Report 350 acceptability of various wood and recycled blockouts for w-beam guardrail
SS-76 NCHRP 350 New Hampshire DOT Sign Supports, Mailboxes, and Delineator Posts Certain thin walled Aluminum pipe and steel u-channels
SS-65B NCHRP 350 Southwestern Pipe Sign Supports, Mailboxes, and Delineator Posts Remove proprietary restrictions
CC-43 NCHRP 350 Energy Absorption Barrier Terminals and Crash Cushions QuadGuard-Low Maintenance Cartridge (LMC) @ TL-3
LS-47 NCHRP 350 Akron Foundry Luminaire Supports TS-1000 and TS-1000Modified threaded traffic signal bases