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5.6. CLOSURE HANDRAILS
Closure handrails are installed in the same manner for the Two-Line Rail and the Picketed Guard
Closure. The images in this section show the installation using a Two-Line Rail closure.
5.6.1. Insert a 2-15/16” ring joiner in the Ramp Handrail and install a 1-1/2” diameter tube bend
onto the other end of the joiner. Orient the joiner set screw toward the underside of the
handrail (FIG. 5.17).
The tube bends are specific to the length of the platform side but may still need to
be field trimmed.
5.6.2. Level the tube bend with respect to the platform deck, then tighten the joiner set screw
to hold the tube bend in place (FIG. 5.17).
5.6.3. Locate a handrail bracket and hold in place centered on the 2” x 2” angle post with the
saddle in contact with the tube bend (FIG. 5.18).
5.6.4. Use the hole in the handrail bracket as a template to drill a 5/16” or 11/32” hole through
the 2” x 2” angle post.
5.6.5. Attach the handrail bracket to the 2” x 2” angle post using a 5/16”-18 x 1” button head
socket cap screw, 5/16” flat washers, and 5/16”-18 nylon insert locknut oriented as
shown (FIGs. 5.18 and 5.19).
5.6.6. Attach the handrail bracket to the tube bend with a 1/4” x 1-1/2” long self-drilling, self-
tapping pan head Phillips screw through the hole in the handrail bracket saddle.
5.6.7. If needed, trim the open end of the tube bend then insert a 1-1/2” plastic end plug into
the open end. Use a rubber mallet or similar tool to fully seat the plug if needed.
5.6.8. Tighten all fasteners securely.
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