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Staircase railings in the Degré du roi, part of the Petit appartement du roi, in the Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France. Guard rails, guardrails, railings or protective guarding, [1] in general, are a boundary feature and may be a means to prevent or deter access to dangerous or off-limits areas while allowing light and visibility in a greater way than a fence.
Guard rail or guardrail may also refer to: Railroad guard rails (otherwise known as check rails), installed parallel to trackbed rails, for railway safety; RC-12 Guardrail, a U.S. Army intelligence-gathering aircraft based on the C-12 Huron; Roof edge protection, rails installed on roofs to protect construction and roofing workers
Traffic barrier with a pedestrian guardrail behind it. Traffic barriers (known in North America as guardrails or guard rails, [1] in Britain as crash barriers, [2] and in auto racing as Armco barriers [3]) keep vehicles within their roadway and prevent them from colliding with dangerous obstacles such as boulders, sign supports, trees, bridge abutments, buildings, walls, and large storm drains ...
Guard rails at Diêu Trì railway station, Vietnam This curved track in Myanmar, near Pekon, includes a guard rail on the inside rail of the curve. In rail transport, guard rails or check rails are rails used in the construction of the track, placed parallel to regular running rail to keep the wheels of rolling stock in alignment to prevent derailment.
According to the US Federal Highway Administration, the terms guardrail and guiderail are synonymous. [5] Several types of roadway guide rail exist; all are engineered to guide vehicular traffic on roads or bridges. Such systems include W-beam, box beam, cable, and concrete barrier.
A cable barrier separating lanes on a 2+1 road in Sweden. A cable barrier, sometimes referred to as guard cable or wire rope safety barrier (WRSB), is a type of roadside or median safety traffic barrier/guard rail.
The Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrail is an airborne signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection platform based on the Beechcraft King Air and Super King Air.While the US military and specifically the United States Army have numerous personnel transport variants of the King Air platforms referred to with the general C-12 designation, the RC-12 specification refers to a heavily modified platform that ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 January 2025. Process of building or assembling a building or infrastructure For other uses, see Construction (disambiguation). "Construction site" redirects here. Not to be confused with Construction Site (TV series). Construction site and equipment prepared for start of work in Cologne, Germany (2017 ...