End Treatments
There are three broad categories of end treatments: anchorages, terminals, and crash cushions.
Anchorages anchor a flexible or semi-rigid barrier to the ground to develop tensile strength during an impact. These are not considered crashworthy, and are appropriate for the trailing end of a barrier. Terminals are crashworthy anchorages. These anchor the end of a barrier to the ground. Terminals can typically absorb an impact from one direction.
Crash cushions are devices installed in front of a concrete barrier, or other rigid fixed object.
Anchorage
![Anchorage End Treatment](/sites/TEA/Functions/SpecialAssistant/TrafficEngineeringBranch/BMTE/calcRoadside/roadsideSafetyTutorials/guardrailTermini/PublishingImages/SummaryEndTreatments_AnchoredBackslope.jpg)
Terminal
![Gating](/sites/TEA/Functions/SpecialAssistant/TrafficEngineeringBranch/BMTE/calcRoadside/roadsideSafetyTutorials/guardrailTermini/PublishingImages/SummaryEndTreatments_Gatiing_REGENT-2.jpg)
![Gating](/images/Roadside/SummaryEndTreatments_Gating_ET-2000.jpg)
![Nongating](/sites/TEA/Functions/SpecialAssistant/TrafficEngineeringBranch/BMTE/calcRoadside/roadsideSafetyTutorials/guardrailTermini/PublishingImages/WhatAreBarriers.jpg)
Crash Cushion
![Crash Cushion](/sites/TEA/Functions/SpecialAssistant/TrafficEngineeringBranch/BMTE/calcRoadside/roadsideSafetyTutorials/guardrailTermini/PublishingImages/CrashCushion1.jpg)
Image Source: REACTâ„¢ M System from Valtir
![Crash Cushion](/sites/TEA/Functions/SpecialAssistant/TrafficEngineeringBranch/BMTE/calcRoadside/roadsideSafetyTutorials/guardrailTermini/PublishingImages/CrashCushion2.png)
Image Source: QUEST® CEN System from Valtir
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