Guardrail support bracket

A system for mounting a generally W-shaped roadway guardrail to a generally vertically oriented post adjacent a roadway comprising:

• a bracket for interposing between the guardrail and the post, the bracket having a generally rectangular backing member with opposed upper and lower edges and opposed side edges, inwardly extending upper and lower flanges extending transversely of the backing member along the upper and lower edges respectively and adapted for retaining abutment with respective upper and lower longitudinal edges of a guardrail, and elongated central aperture means;
• and bolt means for extending through a central aperture in the guardrail, the aperture means in said bracket, and a corresponding bore in the post for mounting the guardrail and said bracket to the post.

A bracket for mounting a roadway guardrail to a post adjacent a roadway comprising:

• a generally rectangular backing member having opposed upper and lower edges and opposed side edges;
• an end flange extending along each of said upper and lower edges, each such flange extending inwardly at an acute angle with the adjacent surface of the backing member for retaining abutment against a corresponding longitudinal edge of a guardrail;
• and elongated aperture means therethrough adapted for cooperation with bolt-receiving aperture means in the guardrail normally used for mounting the guardrail to a post.

The bracket of claim 8, further including means for anchoring the bracket to a post.