Safety Evaluation of Cable Median Barriers in Combination With Rumble Strips on Divided Roads

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This report was prepared for the Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety Research and Development under contract DTFH61-13-D-0001. The FHWA Program and Task Manager for this project was Roya Amjadi.

The research team gratefully acknowledges the participation of the following organizations for their assistance in this study:

• KYTC.
• Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky.
• MoDOT.
• ILDOT.

The authors would also like to thank the staff of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for their insight on the study.

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