Water-ballasted protection barriers and methods

摘要

A water-ballasted molded plastic barrier system incorporates barrier segments wherein each segment employs a sawtooth reflective design, designed to prevent the tire of a vehicle, impacting the barrier, from climbing up the side of the barrier segment. Adjacent barrier segments are attached together using an interlocking knuckle design, having a lug pin connection system. Wire rope cable assemblies are internally molded into each barrier segment to create an impenetrable cable fence. The wire rope cable assemblies include steel bushings which are molded into the interlocking knuckles to further strengthen the barrier system.

主权项

1. A method of making a barrier segment for use in creating a roadside barrier system, the method comprising:
disposing at least one wire rope cable, which is connected on an end thereof to a metallic bushing, within a mold tool; and using the mold tool to mold a plastic hollow container, the molding step forming plastic outer walls defining the plastic hollow container and further forming a layer of plastic encapsulating the bushing and the end of wire rope cable connected thereto to form an integrally molded-in, leak-tight connection; such that, when the molding step is completed, the wire rope cable and bushing are irremovably disposed within said plastic hollow container.