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A guardrail beam for installation along a roadway is provided with a first or top edge region and a second or bottom edge region. A plurality of crowns may be disposed longitudinally along the guardrail beam between the first, top edge region and the second, bottom edge region. Each edge region preferably includes a first, edge flange and a second, slot flange with a plurality of splice bolt slots disposed therein. A radius between less than three-eighths of an inch and approximately one-sixteenth of an inch is preferably formed between each first, edge flange and adjacent second, slot flange. Also, each first, edge flange preferably extends at an angle between approximately twenty-five degrees and one hundred twenty-five degrees relative to the second, slot flange.
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