THRIE BEAM GUIDE RAIL?
THRIE BEAM GUIDE RAIL?
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can someone please explain where the term "Thrie" comes from?
for years I thought this was a spelling mistake of the word "three" but my state's approved guiderail is called "Thrie". A local reviewer commented on my latest plan set saying that I needed to correct this spelling mistake. I'd like to respond in my letter with some good backup if anyone has any insight?
Thanks.
for years I thought this was a spelling mistake of the word "three" but my state's approved guiderail is called "Thrie". A local reviewer commented on my latest plan set saying that I needed to correct this spelling mistake. I'd like to respond in my letter with some good backup if anyone has any insight?
Thanks.





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Brian|PA EIT
Civil-Highway Engineer
PSU 2009 (BS Civil)
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The word is used, and the product is manufactured, globally.
I found mention of it as a fait accompli in xxDOT documents dating its common usage at least as far back as 1984.
I could find no reference to an engineer type person with the name Thrie.
I did find a video from FHWA,
https://archive.org/details/gov.dot.fhwa.ttp.vh-2b
... but the narrator says it 'thrye'.
From:
http://mdotcf.state.mi.us/public/design/files/engl...
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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i am convinced that "Thrie" is the correct term, however back to the original problem - we simply ended up calling the detail "Guiderail Detail" or something similar to avoid the issue entirely (even though we were correct). It wasn't worth the discussion of "Middle English" , etc.
Andy