Abstract: An anchor assembly for an end terminal assembly of a highway guardrail system to enhance the safety of a vehicle impacting either the rail face of the associated guardrail or an end of the guardrail facing oncoming traffic. The guardrail system may have a folded beam type guardrail mounted on a plurality of posts adjacent to the side of a highway. An anchor assembly is provided as part of the end terminal assembly to provide tension support as desired for the guardrail during rail face impacts and a cable anchor bracket which releases from the guardrail during a head on impact with the end of the guardrail. Also, a universal strut is provided between a first post and a second post at the end of the guardrail as part of the anchor assembly. The universal strut can be used with either a left or right lateral offset between the first post and the second post relative to the guardrail.

Abstract: An anchor assembly for an end terminal assembly of a highway guardrail system to enhance the safety of a vehicle impacting either the rail face of the associated guardrail or an end of the guardrail facing oncoming traffic. The guardrail system may have a folded beam type guardrail mounted on a plurality of posts adjacent to the side of a highway. An anchor assembly is provided as part of the end terminal assembly to provide tension support as desired for the guardrail during rail face impacts and a cable anchor bracket which releases from the guardrail during a head on impact with the end of the guardrail. Also, a universal strut is provided between a first post and a second post at the end of the guardrail as part of the anchor assembly. The universal strut can be used with either a left or right lateral offset between the first post and the second post relative to the guardrail.