Utility Poles: Appendix 11

Depiction of the AD-IV Design for a Breakaway Utility Pole

pole with cables

The TTI-developed AD-IV SRSP uses overhead guy cables and a steel upper hinge mechanism (top photo) and a steel slip base (bottom photo) to reduce the risk of injury and/or death when struck by a vehicle.

a car and a pole

This article is from the Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 35, Number 1 (1999).