Patent ID: 8157471

Claim:
A method to form a safety barrier comprising: installing a plurality of cable posts spaced apart from each other and disposed adjacent to a roadway; engaging a plurality of cables with the cable posts to form portions of a cable safety system; extending the plurality of cables from the cable safety system to portions of a guardrail safety system having a plurality of support posts with guardrail beams attached thereto and disposed adjacent to the roadway, such that the extension creates a transition region in which the cable safety system overlaps with the guardrail safety system, wherein the cable safety system extends beyond the guardrail safety system in a first direction from the transition region, and the guardrail safety system extends beyond the cable safety system in a second direction from the transition region; inserting a first end of each cable through a respective slot formed in one of the guardrail beams; and securing the first end of each cable with the one guardrail beam.