The highway guardrail terminal is generally divided into fishtail end, bull nose end , buffer end and central divider end. Different types of highway terminals apply to different locations. The nose end is generally used for the end of the side rail.

The road side barrier end is determined according to the points of the section. Highway Road barrier terminal end refers to a special treatment made by the bullnose end for highway guardrail at the starting point or key point.

Roadside guardrail is mainly based on the height of embankment fill, slope gradient and decide whether to set up roadside dangerous degree, therefore, generally roadside barrier is not set up in a row, every set barrier is a starting point and end point will need to set the end of the barrier. The focus of the terminal end disposal is at the starting point, which is the upstream of the highway guardrails or the face of the car, such as the upper bridge pier to meet the car face and the center point.