Cable Barrier in the News
These news stories are collected using Google Alerts and are kept up to date. They represent the growing interest and usage of cable barriers in the United States and beyond. If you would like us to add a news story, feel free to contact us.
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GENERAL
- FHWA recommends cable median barriers
- FHWA brochure on Cable Median Barriers
- AASHTO recommends cable median barriers
UNITED STATES
- BetterRoads: Highway Safety in America (05-2007)
- USA TODAY States take action (See Missouri, West Virginia) (01-2007)
- USA TODAY, Lives saved as highways get cable (07-2006)
Alabama
- Cables put up along risky roads (08-2006)
- Highway crossover fatals drop by half with new median barriers (04-2005)
Arizona
- Cable Barriers Failing With Deadly Results (09-2007)
- Heed family's plea for freeway barriers (08-2007)
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport gets cable barrier (06-2006)
- Motorist survives striking cable median at 96 mph (02-2006) 2nd article
Arkansas
California
- Cable Median Barrier Lives up to Expectations (03-2010)
- New Cable Median Divider Being Installed on I-5 in South Redding (7-2009)
- Concerned Citizens about Traffic urge officials to adopt cable median barriers (12-2006)
- Crash on 49 raises traffic safety worries: Cable Barriers could be solution (12-2006)
Colorado
- New barriers hope to put brakes on head-on collisions (06-2007)
- Cable barriers installed along E-470 (06-2007)
- Lakewood teen out of intensive care at MCR (04-2007)
- 1 dead, 4 hurt in I-25 accident (04-2007)
- New Barrier Test Installation Set for This Summer (06-2006)
Florida
- Two in critical condition after fatal crash (11-2007)
- Florida turns to median and canal barriers to save lives (Roads & Bridges, 07-2007)
- Neither the bridge nor city caused accidents (07-2007)
- Will new I-75 barriers save lives? (05-2007)
- Beachline Reopens After Fatal Accident (05-2007)
- Troopers, DOT at odds over barriers (05-2007)
- Road project may include safe, cheap cable snares (05-2007)
- Fatal crossover collisions at 6 (05-2007)
- New barrier test project aims to prevent head-on collisions (02-2007) Video
- DeSoto County Roadwatch Program (01-2007)
- Officials Hope Upgrades To Turnpike, Alley Will Make Roads Safer (09-2006)
- Florida Turnpike's improved safety includes new cable barrier (02-2006)
Georgia
- I-85 cable barriers may prevent major wrecks (07-2007)
- Evans vows to install I-85 safety barriers (07-2007)
- Preventable Deaths? DOT money woes delayed building barrier designed to keep wrecked cars from crossing interstate medians (07-2007)
- Cable barriers on I-85 could reduce deaths (06-2007)
- DOT shortfall snares road work in Hall County (06-2007)
- DOT plans cable barriers for I-985 median (05-2007)
- Georgia DOT starts work on I-85 cable barriers (01-2007)
- GDOT will have installed over 23-miles of a cable barrier (11-2006)
- Median cable coming to Interstate 85 (10-2006)
- Cable barrier saves another life (03-2006)
- Death Inspires Senior Project on Cable Barriers (03-2006)
- Median barrier to boost safety (02-2006)
Illinois
- Site of two recent fatal cross-over collisions does not warrant a cable or concrete median because the area is wider than 60 feet between the opposing lanes. (11-2007)
- IDOT installing cable median barriers after accident on I-64 (09-2007)
- Man killed after car hits semi just just north cable median barrier (09-2007)
- I-55 project rollin' along (05-2007)
- Seventy Miles in One Season, Roads & Bridges, February 2006
- High-Tension Cable Barrier installed on new Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, I-88 (12-2005)
Indiana
- Cable Barriers Planned for Indiana (07-2008)
- Area of multiple fatal crash had no barrier (10-2007)
- Median cable barriers greatly reduce the chance of a vehicle crossing the median into oncoming traffic according to INDOT (10-2007)
- Morgan County included in $20 million median barrier project (06-2007)
- Cable barriers to be installed in medians of area roadways (06-2007)
- Cable Barriers Can Prevent Serious Crashes (06-2007)
- Crash barriers won't be here (06-2007)
- State to spend $20 million for cable fencing along highways (06-2007)
- Hoosier Interstates to Get Cable Safety Barriers (06-2007)
- Cables can save lives (05-2007)
- Motorists in St. Joseph County to benefit from Toll Road barriers (06-2007)
- I-69 to gain crash barrier in DeKalb (06-2007)
- County to benefit from I-65 cable barrier plan (06-2007)
- Indiana to install barriers on highways (06-2007)
- Cable could save lives (06-2007)
- InDOT to Install Cable Barriers on Toll Road (06-2007)
- Good INDOT move (06-2007)
- INDOT cable barriers (06-2007)
- Cable barriers added to stop crashes (06-2007)
- State to fight cross-median crashes with cable barriers (06-2007)
- Tippecanoe Co. stretch of I-65 part of plan for cable fencing (06-2007)
- States try cable barriers, distance dots to make roads safer (11-2006)
- Cable barriers prevent some interstate accidents (04-2006)
- New I-65 barrier saves lives (04-2006)
- INDOT plans fence (cable barrier) for dangerous stretch of I-65 (10-2005)
Iowa
- Authorities added a tension-cable barrier in the median (08-2007)
- Iowa to add interstate cable barriers (04-2007)
- DOT installs cable barriers to prevent collisions (04-2007)
Kansas
Kentucky
- Officials Say Median Barriers are Working (09-2009)
- E'town man killed in crossover crash; more cable barriers needed (11-2007)
- Cable barriers prevent crossover crashes (11-2007)
- Some Say More Protective Barriers Needed Along Kentucky Highways (09-2007)
- Cable barrier stops car; driver dies (09-2007)
- Barriers To Be Added To New Circle Road (05-2007)
- WAVE 3 Investigates: Are cable barriers needed along I-65?
Transportation Cabinet Announce $1.4 Million Cable Barrier Project (01-2007) - LMPD Officer Greg Kellerman says the barriers did their job (09-2006)
- Survivor Of Crossover Crash Welcomes Cable Barriers (07-2006)
- Cable barriers being installed on I-64 (06-2006) VIDEO
- Median Barriers To Be Installed By September (05-2006) Video
- State To Install Median Cable Barriers On Two Interstates (01-2006)
- Kentucky Lags Behind Other States In Installing Median Barriers (12-2005)
- Second Fatal Crossover In One Month Highlights Need For Barriers (12-2005)
- Local Lawmaker Wants Median Barriers To Prevent Head-On Crashes (10-2005)
- State lawmaker wants barrier on I-265 (10-2005)
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
- Fatal accident kills 3, car passing under cable median barrier (12-2007)
- Cable barriers aim to improve safety on Minnesota roads (10-2006) VIDEO
- MnDOT plans to install more cable barrier to save lives on Minnesota roads (05-2006) Video
- MnDOT to install barriers on I-94 (11-2005)
- Cable CrossOver (09-2005)
- MnDOT CHSP includes high tension cable median barriers (11-2005)
Mississippi
- Cable Barriers on Interstate Prove Effective (08-2008)
- Public safety: I-220 should have a lower limit (08-2008)
Missouri
- It took a lot of pushing to get the cables that save lives (08-2008)
- Cable barrier stops accident from being worse (10-2007)
- Guard cables prove to be worth the wait (09-2007)
- A small median draws big attention (09-2007)
- More cable barriers going up on I-55 in Jefferson County (07-2007)
- Crashes bracket city (06-2007)
- Median guard cables prove they save lives (05-2007)
- Motorist injured on I-44 after hitting cable barrier (04-2007)
- Saved By The Wire: New Median Barriers Save Lives (10-2006) VIDEO
- I-70 guard cable "virtually eliminates" crossover crashes (07-2006)
- Work installing I-29 barrier cables begins (06-2006)
- Proposed Four-Lane Highway 100 to utilize cable median barriers
- Cables stretch to guard motorists (10-2005)
- Fatal accident underlines need for median barriers (10-2005)
- Missouri strings cable barriers along I-70 median (08-2005)
Nevada
- Cable barrier added to freeway median (11-2007)
- Highway 395 cable is one barrier we welcome (08-2007)
- Cable barrier set for in Highway 395 median (07-2007)
- Additional plans call for the installation of a cable barrier rail down (01-2007)
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
- Study recommended installing a cable barrier (11-2007)
- The question of whether Interstate 40 near Raleigh and Cary needs a safety barrier in the median (07-2007)
- Gap in safety (06-2007)
- DOT to Review Median Guardrail Policy (06-2007)
- Light on justice (05-2007)
- One dead, two injured in hit and run (05-2007)
- Investigators looking for driver involved in fatal wreck (05-2007)
- DOT's cable guys (01-2007)
- Guardrails not repaired despite wrecks (01-2007)
- Gaps in safety (01-2007)
- Driver involved in fatal Christmas accident charged (01-2007)
- DOT had failed to repair a cable median barrier (01-2007)
- New DOT policy requiring weekly checks of the cable barrier (01-2007)
- N.C. transportation officials announce median barrier inspections
- Death Inspires Senior Project on Cable Barriers (03-2006)
Ohio
- Highway cables tested (04-2007)
- More freeway barriers coming (07-2006)
- Median barriers called lifesavers after string of crashes on I-75 (06-2006)
- No deaths since installation, Ohio wants more (04-2006)
- Giant Jesus: Highway Guardian or Christian Kitsch? (09-2005)
- ODOT plans median barrier on Interstate 270 at a cost savings (09-2005)
- NEW FREEWAY BARRIER SAVING LIVES (11-2004)
- Marion Steel promoting new SafeRoads product (10-2003)
Oklahoma)
- Cable Barrier Saves Motorcyclist from Dip in Tulsa Creek (07-2009)
- Highway cable barriers save lives in Bryan County (09-2008)
- Fatalities are down (08-2008)
- No crossover fatalities reported on Oklahoma highways with cable barriers (08-2008)
- Oklahoma: Statistics show barriers save lives (08-2008)
- Cable Barriers too late for Oklahoma Driver (08-2008)
- Ounce of accident prevention; Okahoma getting more cable barriers (10-2007)
- How state medians will become safer; commissioners approved nearly $4 million in contracts to install more median cable barriers (09-2007)
- Barriers To Prevent Deaths (07-2007)
- State plans to install 277 more miles of highway median barriers (02-2007)
- Lifesaving project begins on heavily traveled I-35 (01-2007)
- Cable barriers save on two fronts (10-2006)
- Cable barrier may soon be installed along I-35 (09-2006)
- Crossovers prevented by safety device (04-2006)
Oregon
- Cable barrier will get review (09-2007)
- Cable barriers raise new concerns in ‘Blood Alley’ (09-2007)
- Demand results in a cable on Highway 26; Linn County intends to keep pushing for one (09-2007)
- Cable barrier tried on U.S. 26 (09-2007)
- ODOT says no barriers for I-5 (09-2007
- Cables, bushes, anything else? (07-2007)
- Safety on U.S. 26 up to the drivers (07-2007)
- 'Blood alley' fix is too late to save 4 (07-2007)
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
- State DOT slow to repair damaged guardrails along Route 1 (12-2006)
- State moves Route 146 cable barriers to top of to-do list (05-2006)
South Carolina
- I-85 cable barrier nets tractor-trailer (07-2007)
- Median cable construction slows I-85 traffic (04-2007)
- DOT officials count 10,000 "saves" since cable barrier program began (10-2006)
Tennessee
- Tennessee's Strategic Highway Safety Plan to include cable median barrier (08-2007)
- State begins installing cable median barrier on I-26 through Tri-Cities (05-2006)
- Cables seen as barrier to road deaths (04-2006)
Texas
- Nucor System Prevents Tractor Trailer from Crossing the Median (02-2010)
- Cable Safety Barriers Catch on in Texas (08-2008)
- Texas Study Discovers Cable Barriers Prevented 18 Fatalities in 2007 (08-2008)
- Traffic Fatalities Down in Texas due to Cable Median Barriers (07-2008)
- SE Loop 410 To Get Median Barricades (09-2007)
- Police: Median guardrail [Nucor cable barrier] prevents head-on collision (09-2007)
- Interstate median work starts today (05-2007)
- I-20 Fatal Accident Might Have Been Prevented (05-2007)
- [Nucor] Safety cables help prevent deadly crash on I-37, police say (04-2007)
- [Nucor] Cable barrier stops 18-wheeler in Comfort (03-2007)
- The system has worked wonderfully and has paid for itself (02-2007)
- Nucor system saves another life! (02-2007)
- State addressing danger head on (11-2006)
- TxDOT says new cable barrier safer and cheaper than concrete barrier (04-2006)
- Mopac (Austin) cable barriers prove safer than concrete (02-2006) Video
- Texas Median Barriers Set to Save Lives (01-2006)
- GSI-Nucor installs Titus County high-tension cable barrier (08-2005)
- Widower campaigns for highway barriers (08-2005)
- GSI-Nucor wins $14 million Bexar County cable barrier installation (07-2005)
- Cable Barriers to stop crossover deaths (07-2005)
- TxDOT to install 600 miles of new high-tension cable barrier (12-2004)
- Police: Barriers needed along 75 near McKinney (02-2004)
- Tragedy Leads to Improvements in Parley's Canyon (05-2007)
- Median Cable Barriers (05-2007)
- Cable Barrier Credited with Saving Lives on I-15 (11-2006)
- Cable barrier catch F250 in high speed chase (05-2006)
- Cable barriers cost less than concrete barriers (10-2004)
- Cable splits I-15 — to save lives (04-2004)
- Cable Barrier Saves Errant Semi-Truck on I-5 in Cowlitz County (03-2010)
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Driver killed near Puyallup may have been racing; crossed through a cable barrier (11-2007)
- Fatal Crash through a cable barrier (11-2007)
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Driver dies on I-5 after hurtling past median barrier (07-2007)
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Time for installing more I-64 cable barriers is now (07-2007)
- WashDOT finds only cable barrier problem at Marysville (07-2007)
- Replace deadly cable barriers along I-5 (07-2007)
- Governor tells DOT to design concrete barriers at Marysville (07-2007)
- Buzz words: cable, median and barrier (07-2007)
- Cable barriers are out, concrete ones in (07-2007)
- State recommends concrete median barrier on I-5 near Marysville (07-2007)
- Concrete barriers backed for problem stretch of I-5 (06-2007)
- Grill officials about safety of I-5 cable barriers (06-2007)
- The great barrier debate | Which way to Market? (03-2007)
- Cable barrier credited for preventing crash (03-2007)
- Residents sound off on cable barrier safety (02-2007)
- Governor calls for cable barrier investigation (02-2007)
- Cars can squeeze beneath cable median barriers (10-2006)
- Median cable barriers currently under construction "save lives" (03-2006)
- I-5 cable barrier fix posed (01-2006)
- State to invest initial gas-tax money in cable barriers (12-2005)
- Crash-ridden stretch of I-5 high-tension cable-barrier (11-2005)
- Cable barrier stops car (10-2005)
- Barriers May Help Prevent Head-On Collisions (10-2005)
West Virginia
- I-64 Crash Survivor Tell Story; Accident Prompted Cable Barrier Extension - Part 1 (07-2008)
- One killed in interstate accident (09-2007)
- Cross-median crash backs up Interstate 64 (07-2007)
- DOH Hopes Cable Guard Rails Reduce Deadly Highway Crossovers (06-2007)
- State targets I-79 crashes with cable barriers (06-2007)
- DoH finally pushing life-saving cable barriers around state (09-2005)
Wisconsin
- Cables in road medians should save lives, prevent injuries, studies show (11-2007)
- National Transportation Safety Board to investigate cable failure (11-2007)
- Man Who Escaped Fatal Christmas Eve Crash Supports Cable Barriers
(11-2007) VIDEO - Doyle Calls On Experts To Look Closely At Median Guards, Interstate Safety (11-2007)
- Studies: Cable medians should save more lives (11-2007)
- Questions Remain About Fatal I-43 Crash (11-2007)
- Barrier failure may be 1st in state; Cars rarely go under cables, engineer says (11-2007)
- Hot spots get cable barriers (11-2007)
- Doing the job: Highway cable stops semi (10-2007)
- Cables hit 22 times since November, but deaths fell to zero (08-2007)
- Barrier planned for I-94 in Delafield (01-2007)
- Cables Prevent Crossover Crashes on Highway 41 (12-2006)
- I-43 median barrier contract awarded (08-2006)
- I-43 median cables to be installed starting Sept. 1 (07-2006)
- Governor orders state to bypass the "usual bureaucratic hurdles" and to install barrier (07-2006)
- Governor's ordered DOT to erect a barrier "as soon as possible"...it will be done (07-2006
- State legislators asks DOT to consider installing cable barrier (06-2006)
CANADA
- Crossover Crash Kills Two Renewing Call for Fence Extension (07-2009)
- CALGARY: Barrier saves driver's life (05-2007)
- Chilliwack: Safety fencing a first in B.C. (05-2007)
- Chilliwack: B.C. highway test site for new safety barrier (04-2007)
- CHILLIWACK: Wire rope cable barrier improves highway safety (04-2007)
- Calgary: Deerfoot Barrier construction set to go (01-2007)
- Alberta: Province vows to put up barriers to save lives (12-2006)
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