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Bureau of Design & Environment Manual - 2010 Edition

The Bureau of Design and Environment shall publish and maintain a manual which establishes uniform policies and procedures for the location, design and environmental evaluation of highway construction projects on the state highway system.

The purpose of this policy is to compile the policies and procedures which govern project location, design, and environmental evaluation into one comprehensive manual.

Some pages in this manual have been left intentionally blank in order to preserve the proper format for double sided printing of the manual.

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Manual

Subject

Part I

preface

PREFACE/SIGNATURE SHEET/MANUAL FORMAT, UPDATE and COMMENTS (751 kb)
ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS (Program Development) (182 kb)
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT NETWORK (New Alignment) (411 kb)
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT NETWORK (Existing Alignment) (680 kb)
COORDINATION RESPONSIBILITIES (130 kb)
LOCAL AGENCY AGREEMENTS (3.4 mb) revised June, 2011
UTILITY COORDINATION (839 kb)
RAILROAD COORDINATION (1.3 mb)
CONSULTANT DEVELOPED and/or DESIGNED PROJECTS (178 kb)
revised January, 2011

Chapter 9

RESERVED (24kb)
RESERVED (33 kb)

Part II

PHASE I STUDIES (296 kb)

Chapter 12

PHASE I ENGINEERING REPORTS (735 kb) revised August 2011

Chapter 13

WORK ZONE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT STUDIES (594 kb)

Chapter 14

INTERSECTION DESIGN STUDIES (766 kb) revised May 2011
INTERCHANGE TYPE AND DESIGN STUDIES (896 kb) revised November 2011
REST AREAS/WEIGH STATIONS (547 kb) revised June 2011
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCOMMODATIONS (1.9 mb) revised January 2012
Chapter 18 TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENTS (139 kb)
Chapter 19 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT GUIDELINES (2.0 mb) revised August 2011

Chapter 20 

REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR PROJECTS (161 kb)

Chapter 21

RESERVED (62 kb)

Part III

GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROCEDURES (578 kb)
Chapter 23 CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS (343 kb) revised August 2011
Chapter 24 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS (964 kb) revised June 2011

Chapter 25 

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS (1.0 mb) revised June 2011

Chapter 26

SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSES (899 kb) revised November 2011

ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYS (308 kb) Revised February 2011
Chapter 28 ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS/CERTIFICATIONS (170 kb) revised June, 2011
Chapter 29 RESERVED (28 kb)

Chapter 30 

RESERVED (24kb)
DUPLICATED REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE (45.3 mb) Revised February 2011
ACRONYMS/GLOSSARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL TERMS (122 kb)
AUTHORITY/RESPONSIBILITIES (171 kb)

Part IV

BASIC DESIGN CONTROLS (757 kb) revised November 2011
HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT (1.2 mb) revised March 2011

Chapter 33 

VERTICAL ALIGNMENT (1.4 mb)

Chapter 34 

CROSS SECTION ELEMENTS (521 kb) revised January 2012

Chapter 35

ACCESS CONTROL/ACCESS MANAGEMENT (514 kb)
INTERSECTIONS (2.7 mb)
INTERCHANGES (3.1 mb)
ROADSIDE SAFETY (1.0 mb)

Chapter 39 

STRUCTURE PLANNING/GEOMETRICS (1.3 mb)

Chapter 40

GENERAL DRAINAGE PROCEDURES (1.5 mb)

Chapter 41

CONSTRUCTION SITE STORM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL (457 kb)

Chapter 42

RESERVED (24 kb)

Part V

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (161 kb)
RURAL AND URBAN FREEWAYS (New Construction/Reconstruction) (6.2 mb)

Chapter 45

EXPRESSWAYS (New Construction/Reconstruction) (4.5 mb)

Chapter 46

STRATEGIC REGIONAL ARTERIALS (New Construction/Reconstruction) (4.4 mb)

Chapter 47

RURAL TWO-LANE/MULTILANE STATE HIGHWAYS (New Construction/Reconstruction) (5.7 mb)
URBAN HIGHWAYS AND STREETS (New Construction/Reconstruction) (2.8 mb)
3R GUIDELINES FOR RURAL AND URBAN HIGHWAYS (Non-Freeways) (499 kb) revised August 2011
3R GUIDELINES FOR FREEWAYS (312 kb) revised August 2011

Chapter 51

RESERVED (24 kb)

Part VI

Chapter 52

PAVEMENT PRESERVATION (240 kb) revised August 2011  
PAVEMENT REHABILITATION (656 kb) revised January 2012
PAVEMENT DESIGN (2.4 mb) revised April 2011

Chapter 55

WORK ZONE TRAFFIC CONTROL (988 kb)  revised December 2011

Chapter 56

HIGHWAY LIGHTING (532 kb)

Chapter 57

TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES (265 kb) revised November 2011
SPECIAL DESIGN ELEMENTS (481 kb)
LANDSCAPE DESIGN (961 kb)
OTHER DEPARTMENT MANUALS (150 kb)

Chapter 61

RESERVED (24 kb)

Chapter 62

RESERVED (24 kb)

Part VII

PLAN PREPARATION (387 kb) revised June 2011
QUANTITY COMPUTATIONS (737 kb)

Chapter 65

COST ESTIMATING (157 kb)

Chapter 66

CONTRACT PROCESSING (303 kb) Revised November 2011

Part VIII

BDE PROCEDURE MEMORANDA (638 kb) Revised February 2011

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