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HIGHWAY DESIGN MANUAL

Noise Barrier ----------------------------------------- 1102.6


Planting ------------------------------------------------ 902.1
Retaining Walls -------------------------------------- 210.5

A
AASHTO STANDARDS
Policy on Use of --------------------------------------

AGGRADATION
82.3

ABANDONMENT
ABBREVIATIONS, OFFICIAL NAMES

see BASE Engineering Criteria ---------------------- 663

AGGREGATE SUBBASE
61.1

ABRASION

Engineering Criteria --------------------------------- 663

AGGRESSIVE

----------------------------------------------------------- 855.2

ACCELERATION LANE

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

AGREEMENTS

----------------------------------------------------------- 403.5
At Rural Intersections ------------------------------- 405.1

ACCESS CONTROL

Drainage, Cooperative ------------------------------- 803.2


Materials ---------------------------------------------- 111.4

AIR POLLUTION

Definition ----------------------------------------------- 62.6


----------------------------------------------------------- 104
Alignment, Existing --------------------------------- 104.3
Alignment, New -------------------------------------- 104.3
Frontage Roads --------------------------------------- 104.3
Frontage Roads Financed by Others --------------- 104.3
General Policy ---------------------------------------- 104.1
Highways, Definition -------------------------------- 62.3
Interchanges ------------------------------------------ 504.8
Intersections ------------------------------------------ 405.6
Openings ---------------------------------------------- 104.2
Openings, Financial Responsibility ---------------- 205.5
Openings on Expressways -------------------------- 205.1
Openings in Relation to Median Openings---------- 104.5
Rights, Protection of --------------------------------- 104.4

ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Curb Ramps, Guidelines for -----------------------Driveways ---------------------------------------------Provisions for Disabled Persons -------------------Refuge Areas -----------------------------------------

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

AGGREGATE BASE

Water Wells ------------------------------------------- 110.2

-----------------------------------------------------------

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105.4
205.3
105.3
403.7

ACCIDENT DATA
Intersections ------------------------------------------ 402.2

ACCRETION
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

ACQUISITION
Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.6
Partial -------------------------------------------------- 62.6
of Material and Disposal Sites --------------------- 111.5

ADT/AADT
see AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC

AESTHETIC FACTORS
Contour Grading and Slope Rounding ------------ 304.4
In Design ---------------------------------------------- 109.3
Materials and Color Selection ---------------------- 705

Control of Burning ----------------------------------- 110.3


Control of Dust --------------------------------------- 110.3

AIR RIGHTS
-----------------------------------------------------------

62.6

AIRWAY-HIGHWAY
----------------------------------------------------------- 207
Clearances --------------------------------------------- 207.2
Submittal of Data ------------------------------------ 207.3

ALIGNMENT
Aesthetic Factors ------------------------------------Bridges -----------------------------------------------Channel -----------------------------------------------Consistency (Horizontal) ---------------------------Controls (Horizontal) -------------------------------Coordination (Horizontal/Vertical) ---------------Culverts -----------------------------------------------Horizontal --------------------------------------------Vertical (Grade) --------------------------------------

109.3
203.9
862.2
203.3
203.1
204.6
823.2
203
204

ALLEY
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.3

ALLUVIUM
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

ALTERNATIVES FOR CULVERT PIPES


----------------------------------------------------------- 857

ALUMINUM PIPE
----------------------------------------------------------- 852.5

ANGLE OF INTERSECTION
----------------------------------------------------------- 403.3

APPRAISAL
-----------------------------------------------------------

62.6

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APPROACH SLABS, STRUCTURE

AVULSION

New Construction Projects ------------------------ 208.11(2)


Rehabilitation Projects ------------------------------- 673

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

AXIS OF ROTATION

APPROVALS
Nonstandard Design Features ----------------------- 82.2
Proprietary Items ------------------------------------- 110.10
----------------------------------------------------------- 601.5
Special Pavement Structural Section Designs --- 601.5

Superelevation --------------------------------------- 202.4

AXLE LOADS, EQUIVALENT SINGLE


see EQUIVALENT SINGLE AXLE LOADS

AREAS OF CONFLICT

Intersections ------------------------------------------ 403.2

ARTERIAL
Minor, Definition -----------------------------------Principal, Definition --------------------------------

BACKFILL, CULVERTS
81.4
81.4

BACKWATER

AQUEDUCT
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

AQUIFER
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 841.2

ARCH CULVERTS
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2


----------------------------------------------------------- 821.4
----------------------------------------------------------- 864.4

BAFFLE
----------------------------------------------------------- 873.4

BANK
852.3
852.4
852.5
852.6

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2


Guide -------------------------------------------------- 873.4
Protection, Definition ------------------------------- 806.2

BARRIER

ARMOR
----------------------------------------------------------- 873.3

ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS
-----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------- 829.2

62.3

ARTESIAN WATERS
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

ASPHALT CONCRETE
see FLEXIBLE PAVEMNT

ASPHALT TREATED PERMEABLE BASE


Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.7
Design, Asphalt Pavement ------------------------- 633.1
Design, Concrete Pavement ------------------------ 623.1
Pavement Drainage --------------------------------- 662.3

AUXILIARY LANES
----------------------------------------------------------- 62.1
Interchange ------------------------------------------- 504.5

AVAILABLE HEAD, USE OF


----------------------------------------------------------- 821.1
----------------------------------------------------------- 821.4

AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC


----------------------------------------------------------- 62.8
----------------------------------------------------------- 103.1

Concrete on Walls ----------------------------------Median -----------------------------------------------Noise -------------------------------------------------Railing ------------------------------------------------

210.6
305.3
1100
208.10

BASE
Definitions --------------------------------------------Aggregate ---------------------------------------------Asphalt Treated --------------------------------------Asphalt Treated Permeable ------------------------Cement Treated --------------------------------------Cement Treated Permeable ------------------------Description -------------------------------------------Engineering Criteria --------------------------------Granular, Untreated ---------------------------------Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete -------------------------Lean Concrete ---------------------------------------Treated Permeable -----------------------------------

62.7
662.1
662.2
662.3
662.2
662.3
602.1
663
662.1
662.2
662.2
662.3

BASEMENT SOIL
See SUBGRADE

BASIN CHARACTERISTICS
Elevation ---------------------------------------------Land Use --------------------------------------------Orientation ------------------------------------------Shape -------------------------------------------------Size ---------------------------------------------------Slope -------------------------------------------------Soil & Geology --------------------------------------

812.7
812.4
812.8
812.2
812.1
812.3
812.5

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Storage ------------------------------------------------- 812.6

BEDLOAD
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 851.2

BENCHES
Drains -------------------------------------------------- 834.4
Slope --------------------------------------------------- 304.3

BERM

BROKEN-BACK CURVE
see CURVES

BULBOUTS

----------------------------------------------------------- 835

BIKEWAY
Class I, Design Criteria ----------------------------Class II Width --------------------------------------Class III ----------------------------------------------Definitions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Design Considerations -----------------------------Facilities ---------------------------------------------Markings --------------------------------------------Overcrossings ---------------------------------------Planning Criteria -----------------------------------Railings ----------------------------------------------Refuge Areas ---------------------------------------Standards --------------------------------------------Traffic Control Devices ---------------------------Trails -------------------------------------------------Undercrossings --------------------------------------

Overloads --------------------------------------------- 110.1


Slope Treatment, End -------------------------------- 707
Structure Depth --------------------------------------- 204.8
Structure, Open End --------------------------------- 208.5
Types of Structures ----------------------------------- 62.2
also see GRADE SEPARATION STRUCTURES

see CURB, EXTENTIONS

BULKHEADS
1003
301.2
1003.3
62.1
1001.4
404.2
1002
1004
208.6
1002
208.10
403.7
1000
1004
1003.4
208.6

Type ---------------------------------------------------- 873.3

BULKING
Definition --------------------------------------------Factors ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

806.2
813.8
861.2
864.3

BUSBAYS
see CURB, EXTENTIONS

BUSBULBS
see CURB, EXTENTIONS

BUSINESS DISTRICT
Definitions --------------------------------------------

62.6

BYPASS HIGHWAY

BITUMINOUS
Coatings On Pipes ----------------------------------- 852.4

-----------------------------------------------------------

62.3

BORDER INSPECTION STATIONS


C

----------------------------------------------------------- 107.3

BORROW
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.7

BRANCH CONNECTION

Tunnel Safety Orders --------------------------------- 110.12

----------------------------------------------------------- 62.4
Freeway-to-freeway --------------------------------- 504.4
Interchange, Entrances and Exits ------------------ 504.2

BRIDGE REPLACEMENT & REHABILITATION


PROGRAM
------------------------------------------------------------ 43.3

CALIFORNIA R-VALUE
Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.7
Measurement of -------------------------------------- 614.3
Record Keeping -------------------------------------- 605.1

CALIFORNIA ROAD SYSTEM MAP


----------------------------------------------------------

BRIDGES
----------------------------------------------------------Alignment --------------------------------------------Approach Railing -----------------------------------Clearances --------------------------------------------Deer Crossing ----------------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Embankment Slopes --------------------------------Equipment Crossings -------------------------------Falsework Clearance --------------------------------Flood Design -----------------------------------------Grade Line --------------------------------------------

CALIFORNIA OPERATIONAL SAFETY AND


HEALTH (CAL-OSHA)

208
203.9
208.10
309
208.8
62.2
208.5
208.8
204.8
821.3
204.7

81.4

CAMBER
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 829.2

CANTILEVER WALLS
----------------------------------------------------------- 210.1

CAPACITY
Drainage Structure ----------------------------------- 806.2
Highway ----------------------------------------------- 102
Intersection -------------------------------------------- 402.1

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Operational Features Affecting Design ---------- 402.1


Ramp Intersection ------------------------------------ 406
Safety Roadside Rests ------------------------------ 903.5

CAPILLARITY
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

CAPILLARY WATER
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 841.2

CAPITAL PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE


------------------------------------------------------------ 603.3

CATCH BASIN
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
Inlets -------------------------------------------------- 837.2

CATCH POINT
Clearance to Right of Way Line ------------------- 304.2
Side Slope Standards -------------------------------- 304.1

----------------------------------------------------------- 208.8

62.7

----------------------------------------------------------- 203.4

CENTRIFUGAL FORCE

403
403.3
403.2
403.1
403.4
403.12
403.8
403.7
403.9
403.5
403.11
403.10
403.6

CHECK DAM
CIENEGA
CLEANOUT

CLEAR DISTANCE
Stopping Sight Distance on Horizontal Curves - 201.6

Formula ----------------------------------------------- 202.1


Superelevation ---------------------------------------- 202

CLEAR RECOVERY ZONE


----------------------------------------------------------- 309.1

CHAIN LINK
Fences ------------------------------------------------- 701.2
Railings, Bridges ------------------------------------ 208.10

CHANNEL, ROADSIDE
862.2
867
813
863
861
866.2
866.3
865
864
861.9

CHANNEL & SHORE PROTECTION

CLEARANCES
------------------------------------------------------------- 309
Airway-highway -------------------------------------- 207
Falsework --------------------------------------------- 204.6
Lateral, for Elevated Structures ------------------- 309.4
Minimum ----------------------------------------------- 309.1
Pedestrian Over Crossings ------------------------- 309.2
Railroad ----------------------------------------------- 309.5
Signs, Vertical --------------------------------------- 309.2
Slope to Right of Way Line ------------------------ 304.2
Structures, Horizontal ------------------------------- 309.1
Structures, Vertical ---------------------------------- 309.2
Tunnel ------------------------------------------------- 309.3

CLIMATE
Pavement Map ---------------------------------------- 615

870
873.3
873.1
873.2
872.3
873.4

CLIMBING LANES
Transitions -------------------------------------------- 206.2
Sustained Grades ------------------------------------ 204.5

CLOVERLEAF INTERCHANGE
Local Streets ----------------------------------------- 502.2
Freeway-to-freeway --------------------------------- 502.3

CHANNELIZATION
-----------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------Angle of Intersection -------------------------------Areas of Conflict -----------------------------------Major Movements ----------------------------------Points of Conflict -----------------------------------Precautions ------------------------------------------Prohibited Turns ------------------------------------Refuge Areas ----------------------------------------Signal Control --------------------------------------Speed-change Areas -------------------------------Summary --------------------------------------------Traffic Control Devices ---------------------------Turning Traffic --------------------------------------

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2


----------------------------------------------------------- 842.4

CENTRAL ANGLE

---------------------------------------------------------Armor ------------------------------------------------Design, Concepts -----------------------------------Design, Highwater & Hydraulics ----------------Site Considerations ---------------------------------Training -----------------------------------------------

CHANNELIZATION, PRINCIPLES OF

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

CEMENT TREATED PERMEABLE BASE

Alignment & Grade --------------------------------Changes -----------------------------------------------Characteristics ---------------------------------------Cross Section ----------------------------------------Design Consideration -------------------------------Flow Classifications -------------------------------Flow Equations -------------------------------------Linings ------------------------------------------------Stability -----------------------------------------------Unlined -----------------------------------------------

405
405.2
403
405.3

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

CATTLE PASSES

also see BASE Definition-----------------------------

Design Standards ------------------------------------Left-turn ---------------------------------------------Principles of ------------------------------------------Right-turn ---------------------------------------------

62.4

HIGHWAY DESIGN MANUAL

COATINGS
Pipe ---------------------------------------------------- 852.4

COEFFICIENT OF ROUGHNESS

COEFFICIENT OF RUNOFF

Definition --------------------------------------------Inverse -------------------------------------------------

62.6
62.6

CONDUIT

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2


----------------------------------------------------------- 819.2

COLLECTOR ROAD
62.3
81.4

COLLISIONS
----------------------------------------------------------- 402.2

Cross Section ----------------------------------------Crossover, Irrigation --------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Protective Coating -----------------------------------

851.2
706.4
806.2
854.3

CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY


IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CMAQ)
-----------------------------------------------------------

43.2

CONNECTIONS

COLORS, SELECTION
Concrete ----------------------------------------------- 705.1
Steel Structures --------------------------------------- 705.2

COMFORT FACILITIES
Roadside Rests --------------------------------------- 903

COMFORTABLE SPEEDS
see MAXIMUM COMFORTABLE SPEED

COMMERCIAL DRIVEWAYS
----------------------------------------------------------- 205

COMMUNITY NOISE ABATEMENT PROGRAM


--------------------------------------------------------- 1101.4

COMPOSITE PAVEMENT
Definition --------------------------------------------Engineering Properties -----------------------------Mechanistic-Emperical Method -------------------New Construction -----------------------------------Pavement Preservation -----------------------------Performance Factors --------------------------------Reconstruction ---------------------------------------Rehabilitation ----------------------------------------Types --------------------------------------------------

Portland Cement Pavement (PCCP)


see RIGID PAVEMENT
Retaining Walls -------------------------------------- 210.2

CONDEMNATION

Channels ----------------------------------------------- 866.3


Conduit ------------------------------------------------ 851.2

Definition -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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62.7
642.1
606.3
643
644
642.2
643
645
641

COMPOUND CURVES
----------------------------------------------------------- 203.5
Superelevation ---------------------------------------- 202.6

CONCENTRATED FLOW
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

CONCENTRATION
Drainage, Definition --------------------------------- 806.2

CONCRETE
Base, Lean --------------------------------------------- 62.7
----------------------------------------------------------- 662.2
Gravity Walls ----------------------------------------- 210.2
Painting ------------------------------------------------ 705.1
Pavement, Rigid -------------------------------------- 620

Access Openings on Expressways ----------------Branch ------------------------------------------------Branch Interchange, Entrances and Exits --------Driveways on Frontage Roads --------------------Driveways on Rural Roads ------------------------Driveways on Urban Roads ------------------------Financial Responsibility ----------------------------Freeway-to-freeway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Freeway with Local Roads -------------------------Local Facility ----------------------------------------Private Road -----------------------------------------Roadway ----------------------------------------------

205.1
62.4
504.2
205.4
205.4
205.3
205.5
62.4
504.4
106.2
203.1
205.2
107.1

CONSERVATION OF MATERIALS AND


ENERGY
----------------------------------------------------------- 110.11

CONSTRUCTIBILITY
Pavement ---------------------------------------------- 618.2

CONTINUOSLY REINFORCED CONCRETE


PAVEMENT
----------------------------------------------------------- 621.2
also see RIGID PAVEMENT

CONSTRUCTION
Freeway Connections with Local Roads ---------- 106.2
Initial and Stage -------------------------------------- 106.1
Temporary Features ---------------------------------- 82.1
Temporary Pavements and Detours --------------- 612.6

CONTOUR GRADING
----------------------------------------------------------- 304.4
Aesthetics --------------------------------------------- 109.3

CONTRACTORS YARDS/PLANT SITES


----------------------------------------------------------- 112

CONTRAST TREATMENT
----------------------------------------------------------- 704
Policy -------------------------------------------------- 704.1

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CONTROL
Drainage, Definition -------------------------------Erosion -----------------------------------------------Traffic, Devices -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Traffic, Special Problems --------------------------

806.2
110.2
62.8
403.10
110.7

CONTROL OF ACCESS
CONTROL OF POLLUTION

see CROSS SECTION

CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY

CROSS SLOPES

-----------------------------------------------------------

62.3

CONTROLLING CRITERIA
-----------------------------------------------------------

82.1

CONVENTIONAL HIGHWAYS
----------------------------------------------------------- 62.3
Sidewalks --------------------------------------------- 105.1

COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES


108
108.2
108.1
108.3

COST REDUCTION INCENTIVE PROPOSALS


Walls -------------------------------------------------- 210.4

COUNTERFORT WALLS

Effects on Drainage ---------------------------------- 833


Gutter ------------------------------------------------- 303.2
Median ------------------------------------------------ 305.2
Pavement --------------------------------------------- 301.2
Shoulder ------------------------------------------------- 302.2
Structures --------------------------------------------- 208.2

CROSSINGS
Bicycle -----------------------------------------------Deer --------------------------------------------------Equestrian -------------------------------------------Equipment -------------------------------------------Pedestrian --------------------------------------------Railroad -----------------------------------------------

208.6
208.8
208.7
208.8
208.6
104.3

CROSSOVER
Irrigation, Conduits --------------------------------- 706.3

CUL-DE-SAC STREET

----------------------------------------------------------- 210.2

CRASH CUSHIONS

-----------------------------------------------------------

62.3

CULVERTS

----------------------------------------------------------- 702.1

CRIB WALLS
----------------------------------------------------------- 210.2

CRITICAL
806.2
806.2
806.2
806.2

CROSS DRAINAGE
------------------------------------------------------------ 820

CROSS SECTION
City Streets and County Roads -------------------Clear Recovery Zone, ------------------------------Effects on Drainage ---------------------------------Frontage Roads -------------------------------------Geometric -------------------------------------------Grade -------------------------------------------------Multilane, All Paved -------------------------------Multilane, Divided ---------------------------------Multilane, 2R & 3R Criteria -----------------------

CROSS SECTION, OTHER THAN STATE


HIGHWAY ROADS

CROSS SECTION, STATE HIGHWAY

see POLLUTION CONTROL

Depth, Definition -----------------------------------Flow, Definition ------------------------------------Slope, Definition -----------------------------------Velocity, Definition ---------------------------------

310.2
307
307.2
307.3
307.1

------------------------------------------------------------ 308
City and County Roads ----------------------------- 308.1

see ACCESS CONTROL

-----------------------------------------------------------Transit Loading Facilities -------------------------Divided Nonfreeway Facilities -------------------with FHWA ------------------------------------------

Outer Separation ------------------------------------State Highway ---------------------------------------Two-lane, New Construction ---------------------Two-lane, 2R & 3R --------------------------------Warrants for ------------------------------------------

308.1
309.1
833
310.1
62.1
204.2
307.5
307.4
307.6

Alignment & Slope ---------------------------------Alternative Pipes ------------------------------------Anchorage -------------------------------------------Available Head -------------------------------------Backwater -------------------------------------------Bedding & Backfill --------------------------------Box and Arch ---------------------------------------Bridges -----------------------------------------------Buoyant Forces -------------------------------------Camber -----------------------------------------------Choice of Type -------------------------------------Culvert Design System ----------------------------Curvature --------------------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Design Discharge -----------------------------------Design Flood, Definition --------------------------Design Frequency, Definition --------------------Design Storm, Definition --------------------------End Treatment --------------------------------------Entrance Design -------------------------------------Entrance Riser --------------------------------------Gradeline --------------------------------------------Headwall ---------------------------------------------Headwater --------------------------------------------

823.4
857
829.5
821.4
825.1
829.2
852.3
821.3
826.3
823.2
851.2
825.3
823.2
806.2
821.2
806.2
806.2
806.2
826.2
826
826.3
823.2
826.3
821.4

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Height of Cover -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hydrologic Considerations ------------------------Improved Inlets --------------------------------------Inlet Control -----------------------------------------Joints ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Length ------------------------------------------------Minimum Cover -------------------------------------Multiple Pipes ---------------------------------------Outlet Design ----------------------------------------Piping -------------------------------------------------Roughness --------------------------------------------Sag ----------------------------------------------------Service Life ------------------------------------------Settlement --------------------------------------------Slope --------------------------------------------------Transitions -------------------------------------------Type Selection ----------------------------------------

829.2
856
821.2
826.4
825.2
829.4
854.1
828.3
856.5
824.2
827
829.3
851.2
829.7
855
829.2
823.2
826.4
824

CURB RAMPS
----------------------------------------------------------- 105.4
Guidelines for ----------------------------------------- 105.4
Policy and Procedure --------------------------------- 105.3

D-LOAD
Cracking D-Load ------------------------------------- 856.2
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
Reinforced Concrete Pipe --------------------------- 852.1

DAM
----------------------------------------------------------- 829.9

DEAD END STREET


Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.3

DEBRIS
----------------------------------------------------------Barrier, Definition ----------------------------------Basin, Definition ------------------------------------Bulking -----------------------------------------------Control Structure ------------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Rack, Definition -------------------------------------Riser ---------------------------------------------------

813.8
806.2
806.2
813.8
822.2
806.2
806.2
822.2

DECELERATION LANE

CURBS
----------------------------------------------------------Bridges -----------------------------------------------Design Considerations ------------------------------Extensions --------------------------------------------Frontage Roads and Streets ------------------------General Policy ---------------------------------------Grade Separations -----------------------------------Gutter Pan, Cross Slope ----------------------------Median ------------------------------------------------Position of --------------------------------------------Ramps ------------------------------------------------Returns, for City Streets ----------------------------Structures ---------------------------------------------Types and Uses ---------------------------------------

303
303.5
404.2
303.4
303.6
303.1
303.5
303.2
305.4
303.5
504.3
405.8
303.5
303.2

CURVES
Broken-back ------------------------------------------ 203.7
Compound -------------------------------------------- 203.5
Compound, Superelevation of ---------------------- 202.6
Horizontal --------------------------------------------- 203
Length and Central Angle --------------------------- 203.4
Location of Ramp on --------------------------------- 504.2
Maximum Comfortable Speeds ---------------------- 202.2
Radius ------------------------------------------------- 203.2
Ramp Widening -------------------------------------- 504.3
Reversing ---------------------------------------------- 203.6
Reversing, Superelevation Transition for --------- 202.5
Spiral --------------------------------------------------- 203.8
Superelevation ---------------------------------------- 202
Three-Center ------------------------------------------ 405.7
Vertical ------------------------------------------------ 204.4

CUT WIDENING
----------------------------------------------------------- 304.3

----------------------------------------------------------- 403.5
Left Turns ----------------------------------------------- 405.2
Right Turns --------------------------------------------- 405.3

DECISION SIGHT DISTANCE


----------------------------------------------------------- 201.7

DEER CROSSINGS
----------------------------------------------------------- 208.8

DEFENSE ROUTE
Rural and Single Interstate Routes ------------------ 309.2

DEFINITIONS
----------------------------------------------------------- 62
Drainage ----------------------------------------------- 806.2
Pavement Structural Section ------------------------ 62.7
Deflection Studies ------------------------------------ 635.1

DEGRADATION
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

DELAY
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.8

DENSITY
-----------------------------------------------------------

62.8

DESIGN
Capacities --------------------------------------------Channel & Shore Protection -----------------------Designation -----------------------------------------Discharge ---------------------------------------------Discharge, Estimating ------------------------------Flood, Establishing ---------------------------------Frequency, Definition -------------------------------

102
873.1
103
811.3
819
818.2
806.2

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Geometric Standards --------------------------------Hourly Volume -------------------------------------Hourly Volume, Definition -----------------------Interchange -------------------------------------------Intersection -------------------------------------------Period ------------------------------------------------Philosophy -------------------------------------------Speed (See DESIGN SPEED)
Standards, Applications ----------------------------Storm -------------------------------------------------Storm, Definition ------------------------------------

200
103.1
62.8
504
405
103.2
81.1
80
821.2
806.2

Design Period ---------------------------------------- 103.2


Relation to Design ----------------------------------- 103.1

----------------------------------------------------------- 62.8
----------------------------------------------------------- 103.1

DESIGNATION, DESIGN
Design Period ---------------------------------------- 103.2
Relation to Design ----------------------------------- 103.1

----------------------------------------------------------- 110.7
Local Roads Used as -------------------------------- 106.2

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

DHV
see DESIGN HOURLY VOLUME

DESIGN LIFE
Pavement ---------------------------------------------- 612
Relation to Design Period ---------------------------- 103.1

DESIGN SPEED

DIAMOND INTERCHANGE
----------------------------------------------------------- 502.2

DIKES
101
62.8
504.2
504.4
504.2
101.1
109
101.1
101.2

Frontage Roads and Streets -----------------------General Policy --------------------------------------Guide, Earthen ---------------------------------------PCC Grouted Riprap -------------------------------Position of -------------------------------------------Ramp -------------------------------------------------Toe, Earthen -----------------------------------------Types and Uses --------------------------------------

303.6
303.1
873.4
873.4
303.5
504.3
873.4
303.3

DISCHARGE

DESIGN VEHICLE
62.10
404
404.2
404.2
404.1
404.2
404.2
404.2
404.3
404.2

DESIGN VOLUME
see DESIGN HOURLY VOLUME

Definition --------------------------------------------Design ------------------------------------------------Estimating --------------------------------------------Peak ---------------------------------------------------

806.2
811.3
819
811.3

DISPOSAL SITES/MATERIALS SITES


-----------------------------------------------------------Acquisition of ---------------------------------------Environmental Requirements ---------------------Information Furnished to Prospective Bidders -Investigation of Local Material Sources --------Mandatory, on Federal-aid Projects --------------Material Arrangements -----------------------------

111
111.5
111.1
111.3
111.2
111.6
111.4

DISTANCE, CLEAR

DESIGN, FACTORS AFFECTING


-----------------------------------------------------------Bicycles ----------------------------------------------Driver ------------------------------------------------Environment ----------------------------------------General -----------------------------------------------Pavement ---------------------------------------------Pedestrian --------------------------------------------Vehicle ------------------------------------------------

402
402.2
402.1
402.2

DETRITUS

DESIGN HOURLY VOLUME

Definition -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Transit ------------------------------------------------California Truck ------------------------------------Offtracking ------------------------------------------STAA Truck ----------------------------------------Swept Width ----------------------------------------Tracking With --------------------------------------Turning Templates ---------------------------------Wheelbase --------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------Accidents --------------------------------------------Capacity ---------------------------------------------Undesirable Geometric Features ------------------

DETOURS

DESIGN DESIGNATION

-----------------------------------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Entrances & Exits ----------------------------------Freeway-to-freeway Minimum -------------------Freeway Entrances & Exits -----------------------Local Facility ---------------------------------------Scenic Values ----------------------------------------Selection ---------------------------------------------Standards ---------------------------------------------

DESIGN, OPERATIONAL FEATURES


AFFECTING

401
401.6
401.2
401.4
401.1
611
401.5
401.3

Stopping Sight Distance on Horizontal Curves - 201.6

DITCHES
Grade -------------------------------------------------Side -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Slope --------------------------------------------------

834.3
303.2
834.3
834.3

DIVERGING
-----------------------------------------------------------

62.8

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DIVERSION
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

DIVIDED HIGHWAY

DRIVEWAYS

Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.3


Grade Line -------------------------------------------- 204.2

DIVIDED NONFREEWAY FACILITY


----------------------------------------------------------- 108.1

DIVISION OF DESIGN
-----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------- 857.2
Slope --------------------------------------------------- 834.4
Subsurface Types ------------------------------------ 841.5

10

DOWEL BAR
----------------------------------------------------------- 622.4
Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.7

----------------------------------------------------------Access Openings on Expressways ----------------Commercial ------------------------------------------Financial Responsibility ----------------------------Frontage Roads --------------------------------------Local Standards -------------------------------------Pedestrian Access -----------------------------------Residential -------------------------------------------Rural Areas ------------------------------------------Urban --------------------------------------------------

205
205.1
205.3
205.5
205.4
205.3
205.3
205.3
205.4
205.3

DRY WEATHER FLOWS


Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

DOWNDRAINS
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
Flume -------------------------------------------------- 834.4
Pipe ---------------------------------------------------- 834.4

DRAIN

DUFF
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.5

Edge System (See EDGE DRAIN)

DRAINAGE
Area, Definition -------------------------------------Area ---------------------------------------------------Basic Policy ------------------------------------------Channels ----------------------------------------------Computer Programs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cooperative Projects Policy -----------------------Course, Definition ----------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Design Responsibility ------------------------------Detention Basins ------------------------------------Divide, Definition -----------------------------------Easement, Definition -------------------------------Economics of Design -------------------------------Galleries ----------------------------------------------Glossary of Terms ----------------------------------Median ------------------------------------------------Objectives of Design -------------------------------Pavement ---------------------------------------------by Pumping ------------------------------------------Roadway ---------------------------------------------Section, Duties of -----------------------------------Subsurface -------------------------------------------System, Definition -----------------------------------

EARTH RETAINING SYSTEMS


806.2
819.2
803.1
861
819.6
825.3
803.2
806.2
806.2
802.1
891.3
806.2
806.2
801.5
841.5
806.2
834.2
801.4
650
839
830
802.1
840
806.2

DRAINS
Anchorage --------------------------------------------Benches -----------------------------------------------Entrance Standards ----------------------------------Geotextile --------------------------------------------Horizontal --------------------------------------------Outlet Treatment ------------------------------------Overside, Spacing & Location --------------------Service Life -------------------------------------------

834.4
834.4
834.4
841.5
841.5
834.4
834.4
857.1

Anchored Wall --------------------------------------Cantilever Wall --------------------------------------Concrete Gravity Wall -----------------------------Counterfort Wall -------------------------------------Crib Wall; Concrete, Steel and Timber ----------Drainage ----------------------------------------------Electroliers and Signs ------------------------------Footings ----------------------------------------------Gabion Basket Wall --------------------------------Gravity Wall -----------------------------------------L-Type Wall -----------------------------------------Masonry Wall ----------------------------------------Mechanically Stabilized Wall ---------------------Non-Gravity Cantilevered Walls ------------------Proprietary -------------------------------------------Reinforced Embankments --------------------------Rock Gravity Wall ----------------------------------Rock/Soil Anchors ----------------------------------Safety Railings --------------------------------------Salvaged Material Retaining Wall ----------------Secant Soldier Pile Wall ---------------------------Sheet Pile Wall --------------------------------------Slurry Diaphragm Wall ----------------------------Soil Mix Wall ----------------------------------------Soil Nail Wall ---------------------------------------Soil Reinforcement Systems -----------------------Soldier Pile Wall with Lagging -------------------Tangent Soldier Pile Wall --------------------------Tire Anchored Timber Wall ----------------------Utilities ------------------------------------------------

210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.8
210.8
210.8
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.6
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.2
210.8

EARTHQUAKE CONSIDERATIONS
----------------------------------------------------------- 110.6

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EASEMENT

EQUESTRIAN TRAILS

Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.6


Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

EQUESTRIAN

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.10


Undercrossing and Overcrossing ------------------ 208.7

see LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS

EDDY LOSS

EQUIPMENT CROSSINGS

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

EDGE DRAIN

ELECTROLIERS AND SIGNS


Walls -------------------------------------------------- 210.7

EMBANKMENT

EMINENT DOMAIN
62.6

62.6

END OF FREEWAY
Connections with Local Roads -------------------- 106.2

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

806.2
871.1
902
110.2
806.2
62.5

Definition ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

806.2
812.8
814.4
819.2

Freeway Interchange -------------------------------- 504.2

EXPRESSWAY

ENERGY
806.2
827.2
806.2
806.2

ENTRANCE

-----------------------------------------------------------

62.3

F
FAA

826
504.2
806.2
806.2

Abbreviation ----------------------------------------- 61.1


Notice Requirements -------------------------------- 207.3

FACTORS AFFECTING INTERSECTION DESIGN


see DESIGN, FACTORS AFFECTING

ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
Transit Loading Facilities -------------------------Contractor's Yard and Plant Site ------------------FHWA -----------------------------------------------Material Sites and Disposal Sites -----------------Median Width ---------------------------------------Project Development -------------------------------Special Considerations ------------------------------

And Accretion, Definition ------------------------Control, Channel & Shore -------------------------Control, Planting ------------------------------------Control, Water Pollution --------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Vegetative Control ----------------------------------

EXITS

ENDWALL

Design (Hydraulic) ----------------------------------Freeway Interchange -------------------------------Head, Definition ------------------------------------Loss, Definition --------------------------------------

62.7
613.3
613.3
613.3
613.3

EVAPORATION

ENCROACHMENT

Dissipator, Definition ------------------------------Dissipator --------------------------------------------Grade Line, Definition -----------------------------Head, Definition -------------------------------------

Definition --------------------------------------------Conversion ESAL to Traffic Index ----------------ESAL Constants ------------------------------------Lane Distribution Factors -------------------------Projections, Truck Traffic --------------------------

EROSION

Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.7


Side Slope Standards --------------------------------- 304
Slopes at Structures --------------------------------- 208.5
Structure Approach Embankment ----------------- 208.11

Definition ---------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------- 208.8

EQUIVALENT SINGLE AXLE LOADS

----------------------------------------------------------- 606.3
System, Definition ---------------------------------- 62.7

Definition ---------------------------------------------

see TRAILS, MULTIPURPOSE

108.2
112
108.3
111
305.1
81.1
110

EQUALIZER
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 826.3

FALSEWORK
----------------------------------------------------------Grade Line ------------------------------------------Vertical Clearance ----------------------------------Width of Traffic Openings ------------------------Worker Safety ---------------------------------------

204.8
204.8
204.8
204.8
204.8

FAN
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

FEDERAL-AID
------------------------------------------------------------

40

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Funding Determination -----------------------------Programs (see also PROGRAMS) ----------------System -------------------------------------------------

44
43
42

FEDERAL LANDS PROGRAM


-----------------------------------------------------------

43.4

FENCES
----------------------------------------------------------Approval ---------------------------------------------Barbed Wire, Type BW ----------------------------Chain Link -------------------------------------------Exceptions to Standard Types ---------------------Freeways and Expressways ------------------------Location of -------------------------------------------Locked Gates ----------------------------------------Median ------------------------------------------------on Other Highways ---------------------------------Policy and Purpose ----------------------------------Retaining Walls -------------------------------------Safety Roadside Rests ------------------------------Standard Types --------------------------------------Vinyl-clad --------------------------------------------Weathering Type Steel -----------------------------Wire Mesh, Type WM ------------------------------

701
701.1
701.2
701.2
701.2
701.2
701.2
701.2
701.2
701.3
701.1
210.6
903.5
701.2
705.1
705.1
701.2

FHWA
Approval of Locked Gates -------------------------- 701.2
Approval of Mandatory Sites ----------------------- 111.6
Coordination With ----------------------------------- 108.3
Federal-aid -------------------------------------------- 40
Liaison With ------------------------------------------ 11.2

FILTER FABRIC
----------------------------------------------------------- 841.5

FLAP GATES
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 821.6
----------------------------------------------------------- 838.5

FLARED END SECTION


----------------------------------------------------------- 826.3
----------------------------------------------------------- 834.4

FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT
Definition --------------------------------------------Aged Residue (AR) ----------------------------------Analytical Depth ------------------------------------Transit Pads ------------------------------------------California R-value ----------------------------------Climate Region --------------------------------------Cold in-Place Recycled Asphalt ------------------Concrete Overlay ------------------------------------Data Collection --------------------------------------80th percentile Deflection -------------------------Deflection Studies -----------------------------------Emperical Method ----------------------------------Engineering Analysis Software -------------------Full Depth Hot Mix Asphalt -----------------------Gravel Equivalent ------------------------------------

62.7
632.1
635.1
636.4
633.1
632.1
635.1
635.1
635.1
635.1
635.1
633.1
637
633.1
633.1

Index 11
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Gravel factor (Gf) -----------------------------------Grouping ---------------------------------------------Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) ---------------------------Hot Mixed Asphalt Base ---------------------------Hot Recycled Asphalt ------------------------------International Roughness Index (IRI) -------------Intersections -----------------------------------------Lean Concrete Base (LCB) ------------------------Lime Treated Subbase ------------------------------Mainline ----------------------------------------------Mill and Overlay ------------------------------------Open Graded Friction Course (OGFC) -----------Park & Ride Facilities ------------------------------Pavement Condition Report -----------------------Pavement Preservation -----------------------------Percent Reduction in Deflection ------------------Percent Reduction in deflection required
at the Milled depth ----------------------------------Performance Factors --------------------------------Performance Graded (PG) -------------------------Polymer modified binders -------------------------RAC-G -----------------------------------------------RAC-O -----------------------------------------------Ramp Termini ---------------------------------------Reflective crack retardation ------------------------Remove and Replace -------------------------------Rich-Bottom Concept ------------------------------Ride Quality -----------------------------------------Roadside Facilities ----------------------------------Safety Roadside Rest Areas -----------------------Rubberized Asphalt Concrete ---------------------SAMI-F -----------------------------------------------SAMI-R ----------------------------------------------Shoulders ---------------------------------------------Smoothness ------------------------------------------Stress Absorbing Membrane Interlayers (SAMI) Structural Adequacy --------------------------------Subgrade Enhancement Fabrics -------------------Test Sections -----------------------------------------Tolerable Deflection at the Surface (TDS) ------Tolerable Deflections -------------------------------Traffic Index (TI) -----------------------------------Traveled Way ----------------------------------------Treated Permeable Base (TPB) -------------------Wearing Course -------------------------------------Whitetopping -----------------------------------------

633.1
635.1
631
633.1
635.1
635.1
636.3
635.1
633.1
636.1
635.1
631.2
636.4
635.1
634
635.1
635.1
632.2
632.1
632.1
631.3
631.3
636.1
635.1
635.1
633.1
635.1
636.4
636.4
631.3
631.5
631.5
636.2
632.1
631.5
635.1
633.1
635.1
635.1
635.1
633.1
636.1
633.1
631.2
635.1

FLOOD
Base ---------------------------------------------------Control Projects -------------------------------------Design ------------------------------------------------Design Criteria, Recommended -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Greatest of Record ----------------------------------Magnitude --------------------------------------------Maximum Historical --------------------------------Measurement ----------------------------------------Plain, Definition -------------------------------------Plane, Definition ------------------------------------Stage, Definition ------------------------------------Waters, Definition -----------------------------------

818.1
803.2
818.1
821.3
831.3
821.3
817
818.1
817.2
806.2
806.2
806.2
806.2

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FUNDING

FLOW
Channel ----------------------------------------------Critical -----------------------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Line ---------------------------------------------------Subcritical -------------------------------------------Supercritical ------------------------------------------

816.6
864.3
806.2
806.2
864.3
864.3

-----------------------------------------------------------Federal-Aid Eligibility -----------------------------Federal Participation Ratio -------------------------

FUNNELING
----------------------------------------------------------- 403.1

FREE

Outlet, Definition ------------------------------------ 806.2


Water, Definition ------------------------------------ 806.2

GALLERIES

FREEBOARD
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
------------------------------------------------------------ 866

FREEWAY
----------------------------------------------------------- 62.3
Entrances and Exits at Interchanges -------------- 504.2
Landscape -------------------------------------------- 62.5
------------------------------------------------------------ 900

FREEWAY CONNECTIONS WITH EXISTING


ROADS
----------------------------------------------------------- 106.2

FREEWAY-TO-FREEWAY CONNECTIONS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Branch Connections ---------------------------------Grade Line ------------------------------------------Grades -------------------------------------------------Lane Drops -------------------------------------------Metering --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Shoulder Width ---------------------------------------

62.4
504.4
504.4
204.2
504.4
504.4
504.3
504.4
504.4

FREEWAY-TO-FREEWAY INTERCHANGES
----------------------------------------------------------- 502.3

FRENCH DRAINS
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 841.5

FRICTION FACTORS
----------------------------------------------------------- 202.1

FRONTAGE ROADS
Definition --------------------------------------------Cross Section Standards ----------------------------Access Control --------------------------------------Cross Section ---------------------------------------Curbs -------------------------------------------------Driveways -------------------------------------------Financed by Others ---------------------------------Headlight Glare -------------------------------------Horizontal Clearance ------------------------------Outer Separation ------------------------------------Railroad Crossings ---------------------------------Sidewalks ---------------------------------------------

44
44.1
44.2

62.3
310
104.3
310.1
303.6
205.4
104.3
310.3
309.1
310.2
104.3
105.1

Drainage ---------------------------------------------- 841.5

GEOMETRIC CROSS SECTIONS


------------------------------------------------------------ 300
Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.1

GEOMETRIC DESIGN
Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.4
Structure Standards ---------------------------------- 200
Undesirable Geometric Features, Intersections -- 402.2

GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN REPORT


-----------------------------------------------------------Content -----------------------------------------------Local Materials Sources ---------------------------Policy ------------------------------------------------Side Slope Standards -------------------------------Submittal and Approval ----------------------------

113
113.2
111.2
113.1
304.1
113.3

GORE
----------------------------------------------------------- 62.4
Contrasting Surface Treatment -------------------- 504.2
Paved Gore ------------------------------------------- 504.2

GRADE
Cross Section, Position with Respect to ---------to Drain, Definition --------------------------------Freeway Entrance Standards ----------------------Freeway Exit Standards ----------------------------Freeway-to-freeway Connection Standards ----General Controls -----------------------------------Horizontal Alignment, Coordination with ------Ramps ------------------------------------------------Rolling Profile --------------------------------------Safety Roadside Rests -----------------------------Separate Lines --------------------------------------Separation -------------------------------------------Separation Structures -------------------------------Separation, Pedestrian -----------------------------Standards --------------------------------------------Stopping Sight Distance at Crests ----------------Stopping Sight Distance at Sags ------------------Structures --------------------------------------------Sustained Grades -----------------------------------Vertical Curves --------------------------------------

204.2
806.2
504.2
504.2
504.4
204.1
204.6
504.2
204.1
903.5
204.7
62.4
208
105.2
204.3
201.4
201.5
204.8
204.5
204.4

GRADE LINE
Bridge Decks ----------------------------------------- 204.8

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Depressed, Under Structures ----------------------General -----------------------------------------------Separate ----------------------------------------------Structures ----------------------------------------------

204.8
204.1
204.7
204.8

208
208.8
208.2
303.5
208.7
208.3
208.5
105.2
208.6
208.10
208.9
208.4
208.1

GRADIENT (SLOPE)
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

62.7

GRATED LINE DRAIN


------------------------------------------------------ 837.2

GRAVEL EQUIVALENT
----------------------------------------------------------- 604.3

GRAVITY WALL
----------------------------------------------------------- 210.2

GROIN
----------------------------------------------------------- 873.4

GROUND WATER
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 841.2

GUARDRAIL
Bridge Approach Railings -------------------------- 208.10
References -------------------------------------------- 702

Available ---------------------------------------------- 821.4

HEADLIGHT GLARE
----------------------------------------------------------- 310.3

HEADLIGHT SIGHT DISTANCE


Grade Sags -------------------------------------------- 201.5

HEADWAY
-----------------------------------------------------------

62.8

HIGH SPEED RAIL


Definition ---------------------------------------------- 62.10
Clearances --------------------------------------------- 309.1

----------------------------------------------------------- 62.3
Capacity ----------------------------------------------- 102
Context ------------------------------------------------ 81.6
Controlled Access ------------------------------------ 62.3
Conventional ------------------------------------------ 62.3
Federal Lands Program ------------------------------ 43.4
Interstate, Definition --------------------------------- 81.4
Landscape Architect Definitions ------------------- 62.5
Major -------------------------------------------------- 62.3
National Highway System --------------------------- 42
Parkway ----------------------------------------------- 62.3
Pedestrian Facilities ---------------------------------- 105
Planting ------------------------------------------------ 62.5
Radial -------------------------------------------------- 62.3
Route Numbers --------------------------------------- 21.2
Scenic -------------------------------------------------- 62.3
State System ------------------------------------------ 81.4
Structures, Definitions ------------------------------- 62.2
Structures, Grade Line ------------------------------- 204.8
Through ----------------------------------------------- 62.3
Types, Definitions ----------------------------------- 62.3

HIGHWAY DESIGN MANUAL STANDARDS

GUIDE BANK
----------------------------------------------------------- 873.4

-----------------------------------------------------------

82.1

HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT

GUTTER PAN
Cross Slope -------------------------------------------- 303.2
General Policy ---------------------------------------- 303.1
Uses, Curb Types ------------------------------------ 303.2

GUTTERS, SIDE
----------------------------------------------------------Capacity ----------------------------------------------Grade -------------------------------------------------Intersection, at ---------------------------------------Types -------------------------------------------------Valley --------------------------------------------------

HEAD

HIGHWAY

GRADING PLANE
Definition ---------------------------------------------

HAULING
Overloaded Material/Equipment , Design for ----- 110.1

GRADE SEPARATION STRUCTURES


----------------------------------------------------------Cattle Passes, Equipment, and Deer Crossings -Cross Slope ------------------------------------------Curbs --------------------------------------------------Equestrian Undercrossing --------------------------Median ------------------------------------------------Open End Structures --------------------------------Pedestrian --------------------------------------------Pedestrian Overcrossings and Undercrossing ---Railings -----------------------------------------------Railroad Underpasses and Overheads ------------Sidewalks --------------------------------------------Widths -------------------------------------------------

834.3
836.2
836.2
836.2
836.1
836.2

Aesthetic Factors ------------------------------------Alignment Consistency -----------------------------Bridges -----------------------------------------------Broken Back Curves --------------------------------Compound Curves ----------------------------------Curve Length and Central Angle -----------------General Controls ------------------------------------Grade, Coordination with --------------------------Radius ------------------------------------------------Reversing Curves -----------------------------------Standards for Curvature ----------------------------Spiral Transition --------------------------------------

109.3
203.3
203.9
203.7
203.5
203.4
203.1
204.6
203.2
203.6
203.2
203.8

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HORIZONTAL CLEARANCE
Bridges -----------------------------------------------Between Elevated Structures ---------------------Clear Distance --------------------------------------Noise Barriers ---------------------------------------Off-track Maintenance -----------------------------Railroad Walkway ---------------------------------Railroads, Adjacent to -----------------------------Retaining Walls -------------------------------------Structure ---------------------------------------------Tunnels -----------------------------------------------

HYDROLOGICAL ANALYSIS
309.1
309.4
201.6
1102.2
309.5
309.5
309.5
309.1
309.1
309.3

Gumbel Extreme Value Distribution ------------Log Normal Distribution --------------------------Log Pearson Type III Distribution ---------------Objectives -------------------------------------------Rational Methods -----------------------------------Regional Analysis Methods -----------------------SCS Triangular Hydrograph ----------------------Synthetic Hydrograph -----------------------------Unit Hydrograph ------------------------------------

819.3
819.3
819.3
811.2
819.2
819.2
819.4
819.4
819.4

HYDROLOGY

HORIZONTAL DRAINS
----------------------------------------------------------- 841.5

HOT MIX ASPHALT CONCRETE BASE

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2


----------------------------------------------------------- 811.1

HYDROPLANING

also see BASE Engineering Criteria ---------------- 663

Definition --------------------------------------------- 831.4

HOT MIXED ASPHALT


I

----------------------------------------------------------- 631.1
also see FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT

HYDRAULIC
Gradient, Definition --------------------------------Jump, Definition ------------------------------------Mean Depth, Definition ---------------------------Mean Depth -----------------------------------------Radius, Definition -----------------------------------

INFILTRATION
806.2
806.2
806.2
864.3
806.2

819.2
815.3
816.5
819.2
819.2
819.3
819.1

HYDROGRAPH
Definition ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SCS Triangular -------------------------------------Synthetic ---------------------------------------------Unit ----------------------------------------------------

806.2
816.5
819.4
819.4
819.4

HYDROGRAPHY

INLETS
Combination ----------------------------------------Curb Opening ---------------------------------------Grate -------------------------------------------------Hydraulic Design -----------------------------------Location and Spacing ------------------------------Pipe Drop --------------------------------------------Time, Definition ------------------------------------Transition --------------------------------------------Types -------------------------------------------------Use of -------------------------------------------------

837.2
837.2
837.2
837.4
837.3
837.2
806.2
826.4
837.2
837.1

INSPECTION STATIONS, BORDER


----------------------------------------------------------- 107.3

INTERCHANGES

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

HYDROLOGIC DATA
Basin Characteristics --------------------------------Federal Agencies -----------------------------------Field Investigations --------------------------------Precipitation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Rainfall ----------------------------------------------Sources -----------------------------------------------Stream Flow -----------------------------------------Surface Runoff --------------------------------------Transfer of Data -------------------------------------

INITIAL CONSTRUCTION
and Stage --------------------------------------------- 106.1

HYDRAULIC DESIGN DISCHARGE


Empirical Methods ---------------------------------Field Investigation ---------------------------------Hydrograph Methods ------------------------------Rational Methods -----------------------------------Regional Analysis ----------------------------------Statistical Methods ---------------------------------Summary of Methods -------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------- 606.3
----------------------------------------------------------- 819.2
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

812
815.3
815.3
815.2
815.3
815.5
815.3
815.4
815.2
819.5

Access Control --------------------------------------Aesthetic Factors -----------------------------------Approval of Design --------------------------------Auxiliary Lanes -------------------------------------Cloverleaf -------------------------------------------Concepts ---------------------------------------------Data Required for Design -------------------------Definition ---------------------------------------------Design, Procedure -----------------------------------Design, Standards -----------------------------------Diamond ---------------------------------------------Elements ---------------------------------------------Freeway Entrances and Exits, Design -----------Freeway-to-freeway ---------------------------------

504.8
109.3
503.2
504.5
502.2
501.1
503.1
62.4
503
504
502.2
62.4
504.2
502.3

Index 15
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Freeway-to-freeway Connections, Definition ---Freeway-to-freeway Connections, Standards ---Freeway-to-freeway, Minimum Design Speed --Freeway-to-freeway Omission of Movements --Grade Separations -----------------------------------Grades Exits/Entrances -----------------------------Lane Reduction --------------------------------------Local Streets -----------------------------------------Parallel Street Systems -----------------------------Ramps ------------------------------------------------Reviews ----------------------------------------------Sight Distance for Planting ------------------------Single Point Interchange ---------------------------Spacing -----------------------------------------------Traffic ------------------------------------------------Trumpet ----------------------------------------------Two-quadrant Cloverleaf --------------------------Types -------------------------------------------------Warrants ----------------------------------------------Weaving Sections -----------------------------------also see RAMPS

62.4
504.4
504.4
502.3
62.4
504.2
504.6
502.2
502.2
504.3
503.2
902.2
502.2
501.3
500
502.2
502.2
502
501.2
504.7

40

INTERSECTION
Access Control --------------------------------------Accidents ---------------------------------------------Angle of Intersection -------------------------------Areas of Conflict ------------------------------------Bicycle, Affecting Design of ----------------------Capacity ----------------------------------------------Capacity, Ramps ------------------------------------Channelization ---------------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Design, Factors Affecting --------------------------Design, Operational Features Affecting ---------Design, Standards -----------------------------------Design Vehicle ---------------------------------------Driver, Affecting Design of -----------------------Environment, Affecting Design of ----------------General, Factors Affecting Design ---------------at Grade -----------------------------------------------Grade Separations -----------------------------------Left-turn Channelization ---------------------------Major Movement, Preference to ------------------Median Openings -----------------------------------Operational Features --------------------------------Pedestrian, Affecting Design of -------------------Points of Conflict -----------------------------------Precautions -------------------------------------------Prohibited Turns -------------------------------------Public Road ------------------------------------------Ramp --------------------------------------------------Refuge Area ------------------------------------------Returns and Corner Radii, City Street ------------Right-turn Channelization -------------------------Right-turn Lanes at Off Ramp ---------------------Roundabout, Definition ----------------------------Sight Distance ----------------------------------------

403.9
403.5
403.10
405.4
403.6
401.5
402.2
401.3
405.9

INTERSTATE
Definition --------------------------------------------Funding -----------------------------------------------Numbering --------------------------------------------

81.4
42.2
21.2

INUNDATE
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

INVERSE CONDEMNATION
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.6

INVERT

INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION


EFFICIENCY ACT (ISTEA)
-----------------------------------------------------------

Signal Control ---------------------------------------Speed-change Areas --------------------------------Traffic Control Devices ----------------------------Traffic Islands ---------------------------------------Turning Traffic --------------------------------------Types -------------------------------------------------Undesirable Geometric Features ------------------Vehicle, Affecting Design of ----------------------Widening at Signalized Intersections --------------

405.6
402.2
403.3
403.2
401.6
402.1
406
403
62.4
401
402
405
404
401.2
401.4
401.1
400
62.4
405.2
403.1
405.5
402
401.5
403.4
403.12
403.8
405.7
406
403.7
405.8
405.3
405.3
62.4
405.1

Definition --------------------------------------------Paving, Definition -----------------------------------Paving --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Protection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

806.2
806.2
852.1
852.4
853.6
852.4
852.5

INVERTED SIPHON
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 829.7

IRRIGATION SYSTEM
Crossover Conduits ---------------------------------- 706.4

ISLAND
----------------------------------------------------------- 62.4
Traffic ------------------------------------------------- 405.4

ISOHYETAL
Line, Definition -------------------------------------- 806.2
Map, Definition -------------------------------------- 806.2

ISOVEL
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

ISTEA
------------------------------------------------------------ 41.1
------------------------------------------------------------ 42.2

J
JACK
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

JACKING OPERATIONS
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

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JETTY
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
Types -------------------------------------------------- 873.4

JOINT
Longitudinal ------------------------------------------ 62.7
Pavement --------------------------------------------- 622.3
Seals --------------------------------------------------- 62.7

JOINT BANK PROTECTION COMMITTEE


----------------------------------------------------------- 802.3

JOINT PLAIN CONCRETE PAVEMENT


----------------------------------------------------------- 621.1
also see RIGID PAVEMENT

JOINTS
Culverts ----------------------------------------------- 829.4
----------------------------------------------------------- 854.1

JUNCTION STRUCTURES
----------------------------------------------------------- 838.5

K
KINEMATIC WAVE EQUATION
----------------------------------------------------------- 816.6

-----------------------------------------------------------Deceleration ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Definitions -------------------------------------------Distribution Factors --------------------------------Drops -------------------------------------------------Drops on Freeway-to-freeway Connectors -----Drops on Ramps ------------------------------------Express Toll Lanes ---------------------------------High-Occupancy Vehicle -------------------------High Occupancy Toll ------------------------------Left Turn --------------------------------------------Managed, Definition -------------------------------Median, Definition ---------------------------------Multiple, Definition --------------------------------Numbering ------------------------------------------Passing -----------------------------------------------Reductions -------------------------------------------Reduction at Interchanges --------------------------Right Turn -------------------------------------------Separate Turning -----------------------------------Speed Change ---------------------------------------Speed Change, Definition -------------------------Traffic, Definition ----------------------------------Two-way Left-turn Lanes --------------------------Width -------------------------------------------------Width on Curves ------------------------------------Width of Opening for Falsework -----------------Width, Ramps ----------------------------------------

206.2
405.2
405.3
62.1
602.3
206.3
504.4
504.3
62.8
62.8
62.8
405.2
62.8
62.1
62.1
62.1
204.5
206.3
504.6
405.3
403.6
403.5
62.1
62.1
405.2
301.1
504.3
204.8
504.3

LATERAL

KIRPICH EQUATION
----------------------------------------------------------- 816.6

K-RAIL
----------------------------------------------------------- 204.8

LEAN CONCRETE BASE


See BASE
Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.7
Engineering Criteria --------------------------------- 663
Design, Flexible (Asphalt) Pavement ------------- 633.1
Design, Rigid (Concrete) Pavement -------------- 623.1

L
L-TYPE WALL
----------------------------------------------------------- 210.2

LEFT-TURN CHANNELIZATION
----------------------------------------------------------- 405.2

LAG
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

LEFT-TURN REFUGE
----------------------------------------------------------- 403.7

LAMINAR FLOW
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

LANDSCAPE
Aesthetic Factors ------------------------------------- 109.3
Architecture ------------------------------------------ 62.5
------------------------------------------------------------ 900
Highway ---------------------------------------------- 62.5

LEGISLATION
-----------------------------------------------------------ISTEA -------------------------------------------------

41
41.1

LEVEE
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

LEVEL OF SERVICE

LANE
Addition ---------------------------------------------Addition on Ramps ---------------------------------Auxiliary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Climbing ----------------------------------------------

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2


----------------------------------------------------------- 838.4
----------------------------------------------------------- 838.5

206.2
504.3
62.1
504.5
204.5

Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.8


------------------------------------------------------------ 102

LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS (LCCA)


------------------------------------------------------------ 619

HIGHWAY DESIGN MANUAL

LIME
Treatment Definition -------------------------------- 614.4
Use of -------------------------------------------------- 633.1

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March 7, 2014

Roughness Coefficient ------------------------------ 851.2


----------------------------------------------------------- 866.3

MARKERS
----------------------------------------------------------- 702.1
Contrast Treatment ----------------------------------- 704.1

LIME TREATED SUBBASE


see SUBBASE

MATERIALS

LININGS
Channel ------------------------------------------------ 873.3

LOAD TRANSFER DEVICE


See DOWEL BAR

LOADING FACILITIES
Transit ------------------------------------------------- 108.2

LOCAL STREETS/ROADS
Cross Section ----------------------------------------- 308.1
Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.3
----------------------------------------------------------- 81.4
Design Speed ------------------------------------------ 101.1
Driveways --------------------------------------------- 205.3
Grade ---------------------------------------------------- 204.1
Horizontal Alignment --------------------------------- 203.1
Interchanges ------------------------------------------ 502.2
Returns and Corner Radii --------------------------- 405.8
Superelevation ---------------------------------------- 202.7

LOCKED GATES
----------------------------------------------------------- 701.2

LOG OF TEST BORINGS


----------------------------------------------------------- 210.8

Availability, Pavement -----------------------------Color Selection for Steel Structures --------------Conservation of --------------------------------------Hauling, Overloaded Design ----------------------Information Furnished to Prospective Bidders --Plants -------------------------------------------------Recycling, Pavement -------------------------------Report (see MATERIALS REPORT)
Sites ---------------------------------------------------Sites, Acquisition -----------------------------------Sites, Arrangements --------------------------------Sites, Environmental Requirements --------------Sites, Investigation of Local Sources -------------Sites, Mandatory ------------------------------------Special Treatment ------------------------------------

617.1
705.2
110.11
110.1
111.3
112
617.2
111
111.5
111.4
111.1
111.2
111.6
705.1

MATERIALS REPORT
Content -----------------------------------------------Local Materials Sources ----------------------------Policy -------------------------------------------------Preliminary -------------------------------------------Requesting -------------------------------------------Retention of Records -------------------------------Reviews -----------------------------------------------

114.3
111.2
114.1
114.4
114.2
114.5
114.5

MAXIMUM COMFORTABLE SPEED


Chart --------------------------------------------------- 202.2
Superelevation ---------------------------------------- 202.2

MAY
Definition and Usage --------------------------------

MAINTAINABILITY
Pavement ---------------------------------------------- 618.1

62.7

62.3

MAINTENANCE YARDS
On Freeways ------------------------------------------ 107.2

MAJOR STREET/MAJOR HIGHWAY


Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.3

MANDATORY MATERIAL SITES


Federal-aid Projects ---------------------------------- 111.6

MANDATORY STANDARDS
-----------------------------------------------------------

MECHANISTIC-EMPERICAL
----------------------------------------------------------- 606.3

MAINTENANCE VIHICLE PULLOUT


Definition ---------------------------------------------

MEAN VELOCITY
----------------------------------------------------------- 864.3

MAINTENANCE
Definitions --------------------------------------------

82.1

82.1

MANNING
Equation ----------------------------------------------- 866.3

MEDIAN
Definition --------------------------------------------Aesthetic Factors ------------------------------------Barriers -----------------------------------------------Cross Slope ------------------------------------------Curbs --------------------------------------------------Decking on Bridge ----------------------------------Fencing -----------------------------------------------Grade -------------------------------------------------Lane ---------------------------------------------------Left-turn Lane ---------------------------------------Openings ---------------------------------------------Paved -------------------------------------------------Position ------------------------------------------------Separate Roadways ----------------------------------

62.1
109.3
305.3
305.2
305.4
208.3
701.2
834.2
62.1
405.2
405.5
305.5
303.5
305.6

Index 18

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Standards ---------------------------------------------- 305


Width -------------------------------------------------- 305.1

MERGING
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.8

METEOROLOGY
Evapo-transpiration --------------------------------Rainfall ----------------------------------------------Snow -------------------------------------------------Tides and Waves -----------------------------------Tsunami -----------------------------------------------

814.4
814.2
814.3
814.5
814.5

METERING
----------------------------------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Freeway-to-Freeway Connections ---------------Lane Merges ----------------------------------------Ramp Lane Drops -----------------------------------

504.3
62.8
504.4
206.3
504.3

MINIMUM TURNING RADIUS


Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.4

MINOR ARTERIAL

By Others --------------------------------------------Objective --------------------------------------------Prioritizing ------------------------------------------Terminology -----------------------------------------

1101.2
1101.2
1101.5
1101.3

NOISE BARRIERS
Aesthetics --------------------------------------------Alternate Designs ----------------------------------Clearances -------------------------------------------Design Criteria --------------------------------------Design Procedures ---------------------------------Drainage Openings ---------------------------------Emergency Access ---------------------------------Heights -----------------------------------------------Lengths ----------------------------------------------Location ---------------------------------------------Maintenance Considerations ----------------------Pay Quantities --------------------------------------Planting ----------------------------------------------Preliminary Site Data ------------------------------Sight Distance Requirements ----------------------

1102.6
1102.5
1102.2
1102
1102.5
1102.9
1102.8
1102.3
1102.4
1102.2
1102.7
1102.5
1102.6
1102.5
1102.2

NONFREEWAY FACILITIES
Conversion to Divided ------------------------------ 108.1

Definition ---------------------------------------------

81.4

MISCELLANEOUS STANDARDS
-----------------------------------------------------------Fences -------------------------------------------------Guardrail ----------------------------------------------Mailboxes --------------------------------------------Markers ------------------------------------------------

NONMOTORIZED TRAFFIC
Provisions for ---------------------------------------- 104.3

700
701
702
702
702

NORMAL DEPTH
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 864.2

MUD FLOW

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

MULTILANE CROSS SECTIONS

OFFICE OF

All Paved --------------------------------------------- 307.5


Divided ----------------------------------------------- 307.4

MULTIPLE LANES

State Landscape Architecture ---------------------- 901.1

OFF-SET LEFT-TURN LANE


Definition ---------------------------------------------

Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.1

MULTIPLE PIPES

62.4

OFF-SITE DRAINAGE
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

----------------------------------------------------------- 824.2

OFFTRACKING
Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.4
Design Considerations ------------------------------ 404.1

ON-SITE DRAINAGE
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM
-----------------------------------------------------------

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2


42.1

NAVIGABLE WATERS
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

NEGATIVE PROJECTING CONDUIT


Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

NOISE ABATEMENT
----------------------------------------------------------- 1100

ON-STREET PARKING
Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.1
----------------------------------------------------------- 402.3

OPEN CHANNEL
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.8

OUTER SEPARATION
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.1

HIGHWAY DESIGN MANUAL

----------------------------------------------------------- 310.2

OUTFALL
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

OUTWASH
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

OVERFLOW
Channel ------------------------------------------------ 861.5

OVERLAND FLOW
----------------------------------------------------------- 816.6

OVERLAYS
Asphalt On Structure Decks ------------------------ 607.6
Definitions -------------------------------------------- 62.7

OVERLOADS
Design for --------------------------------------------- 110.1

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New ---------------------------------------------------Performance see PAVEMENT SERVICE LIFE Portland Cement Concrete -------------------------Preservation ------------------------------------------Reconstruction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Reductions -------------------------------------------Rehabilitation, Pavement --------------------------Rehabilitation, Roadway ---------------------------Rehabilitation, Definition --------------------------Rigid see RIGID PAVEMENT
Safety Edge -------------------------------------------Serviceability, Definition --------------------------Service Life, Definition ----------------------------Structure ----------------------------------------------Surface Course --------------------------------------Temporary -------------------------------------------Transitions -------------------------------------------Transitions for Freeways, Temporary ------------Type Selection ---------------------------------------Types of Projects ------------------------------------Widening ---------------------------------------------Width --------------------------------------------------

603.1
62.7
603
603.3
603.5
602.2
206.3
603.3
603.4
62.7
302.3
62.7
62.7
62.7
62.7
603.6
206
206.4
611.2
603
603.2
301.1

PEAK FLOW
PAINTING
Concrete ----------------------------------------------- 705.1
Steel ---------------------------------------------------- 705.2

PARALLEL STREET SYSTEMS


Interchanges ------------------------------------------ 502.2

PARK AND RIDE LOTS


Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.5
Pavement Structural Section Design -------------- 604.7

PARKWAY
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.3

PARTIAL ACQUISITION
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.6

PASSING LANE
----------------------------------------------------------- 204.5

PASSING SIGHT DISTANCE


----------------------------------------------------------- 201.2

PAVEMENT/PAVEMENT STRUCTURE
Capital Preventive Maintenance ------------------Composite see COMPOSITE PAVEMENT
Condition Survey ------------------------------------Cross Slopes -----------------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Design Life, Definition -----------------------------Design Life -------------------------------------------Detours -----------------------------------------------Drainage, Impact of ---------------------------------Flexible see FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT
Joints --------------------------------------------------Layers --------------------------------------------------

603.3
603.8
301.2
62.7
62.7
612
603.6
651.1
622.3
602

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2


----------------------------------------------------------- 811.3

PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES
----------------------------------------------------------- 105
Accessibility Requirements ------------------------- 105.3
Bridges ------------------------------------------------ 208.4
Conventional Highways ----------------------------- 105.1
Crosswalk, Definition ------------------------------ 62.4
Curb Ramps, Guidelines ---------------------------- 105.4
Design Considerations ------------------------------- 404.2
Freeway Facilities ------------------------------------ 105.1
Frontage Roads --------------------------------------- 105.1
Grade Separations ------------------------------------ 105.2
Pedestrian, Definition ------------------------------ 62.10
Overcrossings ----------------------------------------- 105.2
Overcrossing/Undercrossing, Standards ---------- 208.6
Railings ------------------------------------------------ 208.10
Refuge, Definition ---------------------------------- 62.4
Refuge Areas ----------------------------------------- 403.7
Replacement in Kind -------------------------------- 105.1
School Walkways ------------------------------------ 105.1
Sidewalks --------------------------------------------- 105.1
Sidewalks, Definition ------------------------------- 62.1
Sidewalks, Structures -------------------------------- 208.4
Trails -------------------------------------------------- 1003.4
Undercrossings --------------------------------------- 105.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 208.6

PENETRATION TREATMENT
----------------------------------------------------------- 604.6

PERCHED WATER
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 841.4

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PERCOLATING WATERS

PLASTIC COATINGS

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

PERMEABILITY

POINT OF CONCENTRATION

----------------------------------------------------------- 606.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 841.2
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

----------------------------------------------------------- 107.2

PIPE

POLLUTION CONTROL
857.2
852.2
852.3

Air ----------------------------------------------------- 110.3


Water -------------------------------------------------- 110.2

PONDING
852.5
852.4
828.2
828.3
856.5
838.4
824.2
852.7
852.4
852.1
838.4

----------------------------------------------------------- 821.4

PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE


Channel Linings ------------------------------------- 872.2
Pavement see RIGID PAVEMENT

POSITIVE PROJECTING CONDUIT


Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

POTAMOLOGY
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

PRECAST PANEL CONCRETE PAVEMENT


852.6

PIPING
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 829.3

PLACE TYPES
81.3
81.3
81.3
81.3

PLANT SITES/CONTRACTOR'S YARD

----------------------------------------------------------- 621.3
also see RIGID PAVEMENT

PRECIPITATION
Area, Definition ------------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Mean Annual ----------------------------------------Point, Definition -------------------------------------

806.2
806.2
819.2
806.2

PRELIMINARY HYDRAULIC DATA


----------------------------------------------------------- 805.1

PRESENT WORTH

------------------------------------------------------------ 112

PLANTING
Aesthetic Factors -----------------------------------Design -------------------------------------------------Guidelines -------------------------------------------Highway ---------------------------------------------Irrigation ---------------------------------------------Replacement ----------------------------------------Restoration ------------------------------------------Safety Requirements -------------------------------Safety Roadside Rests -----------------------------Sight Distance --------------------------------------Trees -------------------------------------------------Vista Points -----------------------------------------Water Supply ----------------------------------------

POINTS OF CONFLICT
POLICE FACILITIES

See ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Definition --------------------------------------------Rural Area -------------------------------------------Suburban Area --------------------------------------Urban Area -------------------------------------------

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

Intersections ------------------------------------------ 403.4

PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS

Alternative Pipe Culvert Selection Procedure


Using AltPipe ---------------------------------------Cast in Place Concrete -----------------------------Concrete Box and Arch, Strength Requirements Corrugated Aluminum Pipe and Arch, Strength
Requirements ---------------------------------------Corrugated Steel Pipe and Arch, Strength
Requirements ---------------------------------------Culverts --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Minimum Cover ------------------------------------Minimum Diameter --------------------------------Multiple ----------------------------------------------Plastic, Strength Requirements -------------------Protective Coatings --------------------------------Reinforced Concrete, Strength Requirements --Standards for Drain --------------------------------Structural Metal Pipe and Arch, Strength
Requirements ----------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------- 852.4

see ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

PRIORITY NETWORK
109.3
902
902.3
62.5
902.4
62.5
62.5
902.2
903.5
902.2
902.3
904.3
706.5

42 000 km --------------------------------------------- 309.2

PRINCIPAL ARTIRIAL
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.3

PRIVATE ROAD
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.3

PRIVATE ROAD CONNECTIONS


----------------------------------------------------------- 205.2
Financial Responsibility ---------------------------- 205.5
Sight Distance --------------------------------------- 405.1

HIGHWAY DESIGN MANUAL

PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
-----------------------------------------------------------

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RAILINGS
82.4

PROGRAMS, FEDERAL-AID
Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program -- 43.3
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement
Program (CMAQ) ------------------------------ 43.2
Federal Lands Program ------------------------------ 43.4
Special Programs ------------------------------------- 43.5
Surface Transportation Program (STP) ----------- 43.1

PROHIBITED TURNS
----------------------------------------------------------- 403.8

PROJECTING BARREL
----------------------------------------------------------- 826.3

PROJECTING ENDS
----------------------------------------------------------- 826.3

PROPRIETARY ITEMS
----------------------------------------------------------- 110.10
Earth Retaining Systems ---------------------------- 210.2

PROTECTION OF ACCESS RIGHTS


----------------------------------------------------------- 104.4

Bicycle ------------------------------------------------Bridge -------------------------------------------------Bridge Approach ------------------------------------Cable --------------------------------------------------Chain Link -------------------------------------------Earth Retaining Systems ---------------------------Guardrail -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pedestrian --------------------------------------------Vehicular ----------------------------------------------

208.10
208.10
208.10
210.6
208.10
210.6
208.10
702.1
208.10
208.10

RAIL
Clearances --------------------------------------------Structures Adjacent to ------------------------------Commuter, Definition ------------------------------Conventional, Definition ---------------------------Crossings ---------------------------------------------Grade Line of Structures ---------------------------High Speed, Definition -----------------------------High Seed, Clearances ------------------------------Light, Definition ------------------------------------Overheads --------------------------------------------Slope Treatment, Structures -----------------------Underpasses -------------------------------------------

309.2
309.5
62.10
62.10
104.3
204.8
62.10
309.1
62.10
208.9
707
208.9

RAINFALL

PROTECTION OF WETLANDS

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2


Sources of Data --------------------------------------- 815.3

see WETLANDS

PROTECTIVE COATINGS

RAIN GAGE

----------------------------------------------------------- 852.4

PUBLIC ROAD INTERSECTION

----------------------------------------------------------- 819.5

RAINWASH

----------------------------------------------------------- 405.7
Sight Distance --------------------------------------- 405.1

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

RAMPS

PULL OUTS
see TURNOUTS

PUMPING
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.7

PUMPING PLANT
----------------------------------------------------------- 839.1

R
R-VALUE
see CALIFORNIA R-VALUE

RADIAL HIGHWAY
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.3

RADIUS
Curb ---------------------------------------------------- 405.8
Horizontal Alignment ------------------------------- 203.2

Curbs on ----------------------------------------------Curb Ramps ------------------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Dikes --------------------------------------------------Distance Between Exits ----------------------------Distance Between On-Ramps ---------------------Entrance and Exit -----------------------------------Grade -------------------------------------------------Grade Line -------------------------------------------Grade, Standards ------------------------------------Hook ---------------------------------------------------Intersection Capacity -------------------------------Intersections on Crossroad, Location of ---------Lane Drops -------------------------------------------Loop --------------------------------------------------Metering (see METERING) ---------------------Pavement, Flexible ----------------------------------Pavement, Rigid -------------------------------------Pavement, Traffic Considerations ----------------Pavement Transitions -------------------------------Single Lane ------------------------------------------Structural Design -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

504.3
105.4
62.4
504.3
504.3
504.3
504.2
504.2
204.2
204.3
502.2
406
504.3
504.3
504.3
636.1
626.1
613.5
206
504.3
602.3
603.5

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----------------------------------------------------------- 604.5
Superelevation --------------------------------------- 504.3
Tapers ---------------------------------------------------- 206.3
Termini, Flexible Pavement ----------------------- 636.1
Termini, Rigid Pavement --------------------------- 626.1
Transitions ---------------------------------------------- 504.3
Two-lane Entrance ---------------------------------- 504.3
Two-lane Exit ---------------------------------------- 504.3
Width -------------------------------------------------- 504.3
Widening for Trucks -------------------------------- 504.3

----------------------------------------------------------- 819.2

62.7

REACH
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

RECORD KEEPING
Documentation, Type of Pavement --------------- 605.1
Revisions --------------------------------------------- 605.2

RECOVERY AREA
RECYCLING, ASPHALT CONCRETE
General ------------------------------------------------ 110.11
Hot, Definition --------------------------------------- 62.7

REFUGE AREAS
----------------------------------------------------------- 403.7

REGIME
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

REHABILITATION, CULVERTS
853.1
853.2
853.3
853.4
853.5
853.6

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

RELINQUISHMENT
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.6

Sidewalks --------------------------------------------- 105.1

Aesthetic Factors ------------------------------------ 109.3


Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.5

RESEARCH/SPECIAL DESIGNS
Research, Experimentation ------------------------- 606.1
Special Designs -------------------------------------- 606. 2
Mechanistic-Empirical Design -------------------- 606.3

RESOURCES
RESTORATION PLANTING
Aesthetic Factors ------------------------------------ 109.3
Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.5

RESURFACING
Definition --------------------------------------------see PRESERVATION, PAVEMENT
see REHABILITATION, PAVEMENT
see REHABILITATION, ROADWAY

62.7

RETAINING WALLS
-----------------------------------------------------------Aesthetic Considerations --------------------------Construction Methods and Types ----------------Guidelines for Plan Preparation ------------------Safety Railing, Fences, and Concrete Barriers --

210
210.5
210.2
210.8
210.6

RETARD
Types -------------------------------------------------- 873.4

853.7

REHABILITATION, PAVEMENT

RETARDING BASIN
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

603.3
62.7
612.4
645
635
625

RETENTION BASIN
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

RETROGRESSION
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

RETURN WALLS

REHABILITATION, ROADWAY
----------------------------------------------------------Definitions -------------------------------------------Design Life ------------------------------------------Composite Pavement -------------------------------Flexible Pavement ------------------------------------

RELICTION

Other, Pavement ------------------------------------- 604.2

----------------------------------------------------------- 309.1

Capital Preventive Maintenance, part of --------Definitions -------------------------------------------Design Life ------------------------------------------Composite --------------------------------------------Flexible Pavement -----------------------------------Rigid Pavement ---------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------ 210

REPLACEMENT PLANTING

RAVELING

General -----------------------------------------------Caltrans Host Pipe Structural Philosophy -------Problem Identification and Coordination -------Alternative Pipe Liner Materials -----------------Cementitious Pipe Lining -------------------------Invert Paving with Concrete ----------------------Structural Repairs with Steel Tunnel Liner
Plate ---------------------------------------------------

REINFORCED EARTH SLOPES

REPLACEMENT IN-KIND

RATIONAL METHOD

Definition ---------------------------------------------

Rigid Pavement --------------------------------------- 625

603.4
62.7
612.4
645
635

----------------------------------------------------------- 210.8

RETURNS, CITY STREET AND CORNER RADII


----------------------------------------------------------- 405.8

HIGHWAY DESIGN MANUAL

ROADSIDE INSTALLATIONS

REVEGETATION
----------------------------------------------------------- 62.5
Aesthetic Factors ------------------------------------- 109.3

REVERSING CURVES
----------------------------------------------------------- 203.6
Superelevation Transitions -------------------------- 202.5

REVETMENT
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

RIGHT OF ACCESS
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.6

RIGHT OF WAY
Definitions -------------------------------------------- 62.6
Through Public Domain ----------------------------- 306.2
Width -------------------------------------------------- 306.1

RIGHT-TURN CHANNELIZATION
----------------------------------------------------------- 405.3

RIGID PAVEMENT
Catalog -----------------------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Design Procedure for -------------------------------Engineering Properties -----------------------------Joints --------------------------------------------------New Construction -----------------------------------Mechanistic-Empirical Procedures ---------------Pavement Preservation -----------------------------Performance Factors --------------------------------Reconstruction ---------------------------------------Rehabilitation ----------------------------------------Texturing ---------------------------------------------Types -------------------------------------------------also see CONCRETE

623.1
62.7
623
622.1
622.5
623
606.3
624
622.2
623
625
622.7
621

107
107.3
62.1
107.2
107.1

ROADSIDE RESTS, SAFETY


Definition --------------------------------------------Design Standards ------------------------------------Facilities and Features ------------------------------Fencing -----------------------------------------------Grading -----------------------------------------------Minimum Standards --------------------------------Pavement Design ------------------------------------Pavement, Flexible ----------------------------------Pavement, Rigid -------------------------------------Planting and Irrigation ------------------------------Site Feasibility ---------------------------------------Size and Capacity -----------------------------------Water Supply -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

62.5
903
903.5
903.5
903.5
903.1
613.5
636.4
626.4
903.5
903.4
903.5
110.2
706.6
903.5

ROADSIDE TREATMENT
Irrigation Crossover Conduits ---------------------Roadside Management ------------------------------Topsoil ------------------------------------------------Vegetation Control ----------------------------------Water Supply -----------------------------------------

706.4
706.1
706.3
706.2
706.5

ROADWAY
Connections ------------------------------------------- 107.1
Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.1
Drainage ----------------------------------------------- 830
Structural Elements ---------------------------------- 601.2

----------------------------------------------------------- 703.2

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

RIPRAP
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 827.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 873.3

RISER
Culvert Entrance ------------------------------------- 822.2
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

RISK ANALYSIS
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 818.2

ROADBED
62.1
62.7

ROADSIDE
Definition ---------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------Border Inspection Stations, Location of ---------Define Roadside -------------------------------------Maintenance Yards and Police Facilities --------Roadway Connections -------------------------------

ROCKFALL RESTRAINING NETS

RIPARIAN

Definition -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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62.1

ROUNDABOUTS
Access Control --------------------------------------Bicyclist Use -----------------------------------------Central Island ---------------------------------------Circulatory Roadway ------------------------------Definition -------------------------------------------Design Guidance ------------------------------------Design Vehicle --------------------------------------Entry Speeds -----------------------------------------Exit Design -------------------------------------------Inscribed Circle Diameter -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Landscape Buffer/Strip --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lighting ----------------------------------------------Number of Legs -------------------------------------Path Alignment (Natural Path) --------------------Pedestrian Refuge ----------------------------------Pedestrian Use ---------------------------------------Splitter Island --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

405.10
405.10
62.4
62.4
62.4
405.10
405.10
405.10
405.10
62.4
405.10
62.4
405.10
405.10
405.10
405.10
62.4
405.10
62.4
405.10

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Stopping Sight Distance and Visibility ----------- 405.10


Transit Use ------------------------------------------- 405.10
Truck Apron ----------------------------------------- 62.4
Vertical Clearance ----------------------------------- 405.10

ROUNDED INLET
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

ROUNDED LIP
----------------------------------------------------------- 826.3

RRR CRITERIA
Design Period ---------------------------------------Left-Turn Lanes ------------------------------------Multi lane Cross Section --------------------------Pavement Design Life -----------------------------Two-lane Cross Section ----------------------------

103.2
405.2
307.6
612.5
307.3

RUNNING
Speed -------------------------------------------------Time ---------------------------------------------------

62.8
62.8

RUNOFF
-----------------------------------------------------------Drainage, Definition -------------------------------Factors Affecting -----------------------------------Superelevation Transition --------------------------

816
806.2
811.5
202.5

RURAL

Design Standards ------------------------------------Facilities and Features -----------------------------Fencing ----------------------------------------------Grading ----------------------------------------------Minimum Standards -------------------------------Planting and Irrigation -----------------------------Sewage Facilities -----------------------------------Site Feasibility --------------------------------------Size and Capacity ----------------------------------Water Supply ---------------------------------------Water Supply ----------------------------------------

903
903.5
903.5
903.5
903.1
903.5
903.5
903.4
903.5
706.6
903.5

SAG CULVERT
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 829.7

SCENIC
Highway ---------------------------------------------- 62.3
Values -------------------------------------------------- 109
Values, Safety Roadside Rests -------------------- 903.4

SCENIC VALUES IN PLANNING AND DESIGN


-----------------------------------------------------------Aesthetic Factors -----------------------------------Basic Precepts --------------------------------------Design Speed ----------------------------------------

109
109.3
109.1
109.2

SCHOOL PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS


----------------------------------------------------------- 105.1

Acceleration Lane at Intersection ----------------Access Control --------------------------------------Area, Definition ------------------------------------Design Speed ---------------------------------------Driveway Connection ------------------------------Interchange Spacing -------------------------------Median Standards ----------------------------------Outer Separation ------------------------------------Weaving Section ------------------------------------

405.1
504.8
81.3
101.2
205.4
501.3
305.1
310.2
504.7

RURAL AND SINGLE INTERSTATE ROUTING


----------------------------------------------------------- 309.2

RUTTING
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.7

SCOUR
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 827.2

SEAL
Fog ---------------------------------------------------- 604.6
Slurry -------------------------------------------------- 603.2

SEDIMENTATION
Definition ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

806.2
823.2
862.2
865.2

SEPARATE ROADWAY
----------------------------------------------------------- 305.6

SERVICEABILITY
Definition ---------------------------------------------

SAFETY
Planting ----------------------------------------------Planting and Irrigation -----------------------------Railings on Walls -----------------------------------Reviews ----------------------------------------------Roadside Rests ---------------------------------------Tunnel Safety Orders ------------------------------Worker -----------------------------------------------Worker, Falsework Clearance ---------------------

902.2
902.1
210.5
110.8
903
110.12
110.7
204.8

Definition ---------------------------------------------

SETTLEMENT
Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.7
Structure Approach --------------------------------- 208.11

SEVERANCE DAMAGES
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.5

62.6

SHALL
Definition and Usage -------------------------------

SAFETY ROADSIDE RESTS

62.7

82.1

HIGHWAY DESIGN MANUAL

SHEET FLOW

SIGNAL CONTROL

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

SHOALING
SHOULD

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

SILTATION
----------------------------------------------------------- 110.2

SIPHONS
----------------------------------------------------------- 829.7

SKEW
Angle -------------------------------------------------- 62.4
Angle of Intersection -------------------------------- 403.3
Definition (Hydraulic) ------------------------------- 806.2

SLIDE

----------------------------------------------------------- 834.3

SIDE SLOPES

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

SLIPOUT
304
304.3
304.2
304.4
304.1
304.5
208.5
304.1
304.3

SIDEWALKS
See PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES

SIGHT DISTANCE
Clear Distance (m) ----------------------------------Corner ------------------------------------------------Decision ----------------------------------------------Decision at Intersections ----------------------------Exit Nose ---------------------------------------------General -----------------------------------------------Headlight, at Grade Sags ---------------------------Intersection -------------------------------------------Passing ------------------------------------------------Planting -----------------------------------------------Ramp Intersections ----------------------------------Standards ---------------------------------------------Stopping ----------------------------------------------Stopping at Grade Crests ---------------------------Stopping at Grade Sags -----------------------------Stopping on Horizontal Curves -------------------Stopping at Intersections ----------------------------

Vertical Clearance ----------------------------------- 309.2

SILT
302.2
62.1
404.2
636.2
626.2
302
613.5
202.5
206
302.1
405.3
307.2

SIDE GUTTERS/DITCHES

----------------------------------------------------------Benches and Cut Widening ------------------------Clearance to Right of Way Line ------------------Contour Grading and Slope Rounding -----------Standards ---------------------------------------------Stepped -----------------------------------------------Structures ---------------------------------------------Transition Slopes ------------------------------------Widening ----------------------------------------------

Widening ---------------------------------------------- 405.9

SIGNS
82.1

SHOULDER
Cross Slope ------------------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Design Considerations ------------------------------Pavement, Flexible ----------------------------------Pavement, Rigid -------------------------------------Standards, Geometric -------------------------------Standards, Pavement --------------------------------Superelevation Transitions -------------------------Transitions (Widen, Reduction) -------------------Width -------------------------------------------------Width, Right Turn Channelization ----------------Width, Two-lane Roads, New Construction ------

----------------------------------------------------------- 403.9

SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

Definition and Usage --------------------------------

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201.6
405.1
201.7
405.1
504.2
201.1
201.5
405.1
201.2
902.2
504.3
201.1
201.3
201.4
201.5
201.6
405.1

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

SLOPE
Aesthetic Factors ------------------------------------Cross --------------------------------------------------Crown -------------------------------------------------Definition (Hydraulic) ------------------------------Rounding ---------------------------------------------Paving ------------------------------------------------Protection --------------------------------------------Shoulder Cross Slopes ------------------------------Side ---------------------------------------------------Side, Benches and Cut Widening -----------------Standards, Side Slopes -----------------------------Stepped ------------------------------------------------Treatment Under Structures ------------------------

109.3
301.2
301.2
806.2
304.4
873.3
873.3
302.2
304
304.3
304.1
304.5
707

SLOPE TREATMENT UNDER STRUCTURES


----------------------------------------------------------Guidelines --------------------------------------------Policy -------------------------------------------------Procedure ----------------------------------------------

707
707.2
707.1
707.3

SLOTTED DRAINS
----------------------------------------------------------- 837.2

SLOUGH
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

SLUG FLOW
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

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SPILLWAY

SNOW PACK
----------------------------------------------------------- 812.8
----------------------------------------------------------- 814.3

SOFFIT
SOIL

STABILIZATION TRENCHES
----------------------------------------------------------- 841.5

Characteristics for Pavements --------------------- 614.1


Imported Topsoil, Definition ---------------------- 62.5
Local Topsoil, Definition ---------------------------- 62.5
Soil Horizon A ------------------------------------ 62.5
Soil Horizon O ------------------------------------- 62.5
Topsoil ------------------------------------------------ 706.3
Unified Soil Classification System --------------- 614.2

STAGE
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

STAGE CONSTRUCTION
----------------------------------------------------------- 106.1
Freeway Connections with Local Roads --------- 106.2

STANDARDS

SPACING
Drainage Pipes --------------------------------------- 824.2
Vehicle ------------------------------------------------ 62.8

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
110
110.3
110.5
110.6
110.1
110.8
110.7
110.2
110.4

SPECIAL DESIGNS

-----------------------------------------------------------Advisory ---------------------------------------------Approval for Nonstandard Design ---------------FHWA and AASHTO -----------------------------Mandatory -------------------------------------------Other Approval -------------------------------------Permissive --------------------------------------------

80
82.1
82.2
82.3
82.1
82.1
82.1

STATE HIGHWAY, CROSS SECTIONS


------------------------------------------------------------ 307
also see CROSS SECTIONS

STEEL STRUCTURES
Colors ------------------------------------------------- 705.2

STEPPED SLOPES

See RESEARCH/SPECIAL DESIGNS

----------------------------------------------------------- 304.5

SPECIAL STRUCTURES AND INSTALLATION


------------------------------------------------------------ 703

SPECIFIC ENERGY
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 864.3

SPEED
Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.8
Comfortable (see MAXIMUM COMFORTABLE
SPEED)
Design (See DESIGN SPEED)
High, Defintion -------------------------------------- 62.8
Low, Definition -------------------------------------- 62.8
Operating --------------------------------------------- 62.8
Posted ------------------------------------------------- 62.8
Running - ---------------------------------------------- 62.8
Speed Change Areas -------------------------------- 402.5

SPEED-CHANGE LANES
----------------------------------------------------------Intersections -----------------------------------------Left-turn Channelization --------------------------Pavement Transitions -------------------------------Right-turn Channelization -------------------------Speed Change Areas --------------------------------

SPIRAL TRANSITIONS
----------------------------------------------------------- 203.8

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

-----------------------------------------------------------Air Pollution, Control of --------------------------Control of Noxious Weeds -------------------------Earthquake Consideration -------------------------Overloaded Material Hauling, Design for ------Safety Reviews -------------------------------------Traffic Control Plans -------------------------------Water Pollution, Control of -----------------------Wetlands Protection ---------------------------------

Paved -------------------------------------------------- 834.4

62.1
403.5
405.2
206
405.3
402.5

STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE


see SIGHT DISTANCE

STORAGE
----------------------------------------------------------Basin, Definition -----------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Depression -------------------------------------------Detention --------------------------------------------Interception ------------------------------------------Left-turns --------------------------------------------Retention, Definition -------------------------------Right-turns -------------------------------------------

838.4
806.2
806.2
819.2
812.6
812.6
405.2
806.2
405.3

STORM
Definition --------------------------------------------Design, Establishing -------------------------------Design, Recommended Criteria ------------------Drain, Definition ------------------------------------

806.2
818.2
821.2
806.2

STP
see SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM

STREAM WATERS
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

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STREETS
Definitions --------------------------------------------

SUBURBAN
62.3

STREET FURNITURE
Definitions --------------------------------------------

Arches ------------------------------------------------- 852.6


Vehicular Underpasses ------------------------------ 852.6

STRUCTURAL SECTION
STRUCTURE APPROACH
601.3
208.11
672
208.11
673

STRUCTURE CLEARANCE
309
309.4
309.1
309.5
309.3
309.2

STRUCTURES, SLOPE TREATMENT UNDER


See SLOPE TREATMENT

STRUTTING
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

SUBBASE
Definition ---------------------------------------------Description -------------------------------------------Engineering Criteria --------------------------------Lime Treated -----------------------------------------Treated -------------------------------------------------

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2


----------------------------------------------------------- 831.3

SUPERCRITICAL FLOW
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 864.3

SUPERELEVATION

see PAVEMENT STRUCTURE

----------------------------------------------------------Elevated Structures ----------------------------------Horizontal --------------------------------------------Railroad ----------------------------------------------Tunnel ------------------------------------------------Vertical ------------------------------------------------

Axis of Rotation -------------------------------------- 202.4


Basic Criteria ----------------------------------------- 202.1
Bridge --------------------------------------------------- 203.9
Channels ----------------------------------------------- 866.2
City Streets and County Roads --------------------- 202.7
Comfortable Speeds --------------------------------- 202.2
Compound Curves ----------------------------------- 202.6
Ramps ------------------------------------------------- 504.3
Relationship to Speed on Curves ------------------ 203.2
Reversing Curves ------------------------------------ 203.6
Runoff ------------------------------------------------- 202.5
Standards ---------------------------------------------- 202.2
Transition --------------------------------------------- 202.5

SURFACE
Course, Definition ----------------------------------Course, Description ---------------------------------Runoff, Definition ----------------------------------Water, Definition ------------------------------------Water --------------------------------------------------

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2


----------------------------------------------------------- 864.3

62.7
602.1
806.2
806.2
831.1

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM


----------------------------------------------------------

62.7
602.1
663
662.2
662.2

SUBCRITICAL FLOW

43.1

SWALE
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

SWEPT WIDTH
Definition -------------------------------------------- 62.4
----------------------------------------------------------- 404.1
Design Considerations ------------------------------- 404.2

SUBDRAIN

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2


----------------------------------------------------------- 841.5

SUBGRADE
----------------------------------------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Description -------------------------------------------Engineering Considerations -----------------------Enhancement Fabrics --------------------------------

81.3

SUMP
62.5

STRUCTURAL PLATE

Design Responsibilities ----------------------------Foundation: Embankment Design -----------------Pavement Systems ----------------------------------Slab-New Construction Projects ------------------Slab-Rehabilitation Projects ------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------

614
62.7
602.1
614.1
614.5

SUBSEAL
----------------------------------------------------------- 607.6

SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE
----------------------------------------------------------- 840

TAPERED INLET
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 826.4

TEXTURING
Rigid Pavement --------------------------------------- 622.7

THREE-CENTER CURVE
Intersections ------------------------------------------ 405.7

TIME OF CONCENTRATION
Channel Flow ----------------------------------------- 816.6
Combined Flow -------------------------------------- 816.6

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Culvert Flow ----------------------------------------Kinematic Wave Equation ------------------------Kirpich Equation -----------------------------------Overland Equation ---------------------------------Soil Conservation Service (SCS) Equation -----Upland Method --------------------------------------

816.6
816.6
816.6
816.6
816.6
816.6

TOLL ROAD, BRIDGE OR TUNNEL


-----------------------------------------------------------

62.3

TOPSOIL
Roadside Treatment --------------------------------- 706.3

Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.4


----------------------------------------------------------- 404.1
Design Considerations ------------------------------ 404.2

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AREA


Definition --------------------------------------------- 81.3
Interchange Spacing -------------------------------- 501.3

TRASH RACK
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 822.2

Definition --------------------------------------------- 62.1


Design Considerations ------------------------------ 404.2
Standards ----------------------------------------------- 301

TREATED BASE AND SUBBASE

TRAFFIC
Axle Load Spectra ----------------------------------- 613.4
Considerations --------------------------------------- 401.3
Considerations in Pavement Engineering --------- 613
Control Devices ------------------------------------- 62.8
Control Devices ------------------------------------- 403.10
Control Plans, Special Problems ------------------ 110.7
Definitions -------------------------------------------- 62.8
Engineering ------------------------------------------ 82.7
Index, TI ---------------------------------------------- 613.3
Interchanges ------------------------------------------- 500
Islands ------------------------------------------------- 405.4
Lane --------------------------------------------------- 62.1
Markings ---------------------------------------------- 62.8
Noise Abatement ------------------------------------ 1100
Pedestrian Refuge ----------------------------------- 405.4
Ramp Intersection Flow ----------------------------- 406
Sign ---------------------------------------------------- 62.8
Signals ------------------------------------------------ 62.8
Specific Loading Considerations ------------------ 613.5
Volume Projections --------------------------------- 613.2
Volumes ---------------------------------------------- 102.1

TRAILS
Multipurpose ---------------------------------------- 1003.5

TRANSIT
62.10
62.10
404.3
401.6
108.2
404.5

----------------------------------------------------------- 662.2

TREATED PERMEABLE BASE AND SUBBASE


----------------------------------------------------------- 662.3

TREES
Conventional Highways ---------------------------- 902.3
Freeways and Expressways ------------------------ 902.2

TRUCK
Critical Lengths of Grade -------------------------Design Vehicle -------------------------------------Escape Ramps --------------------------------------Turning Templates ---------------------------------Turns -------------------------------------------------Weighing Facilities ---------------------------------

204.5
404.3
702.1
404.5
404.5
703.1

TRUMPET INTERCHANGE
----------------------------------------------------------- 502.2

TRUNK LINE
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 838.4

TUNNEL
Classification ----------------------------------------Clearances -------------------------------------------Liner Plate -------------------------------------------Projects ----------------------------------------------Structural Repairs with Steel Tunnel Liner
Plate ---------------------------------------------------

110.12
309.3
852.6
110.12
853.7

TURBULENCE
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

TRANSITIONS
General Standards, Pavement ---------------------Lane Additions -------------------------------------Lane Drops ------------------------------------------Pavement ---------------------------------------------Spiral -------------------------------------------------Superelevation --------------------------------------Temporary Freeway ---------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------- 812.8
----------------------------------------------------------- 819.2

TRAVELED WAY

TRACKING WIDTH

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) --------------------------Definition --------------------------------------------Design Vehicle -------------------------------------Factors Affecting Design --------------------------Loading Facilities ----------------------------------Turning Templates ----------------------------------

TRANSPIRATION

206.1
206.2
206.3
206
203.8
202.5
206.4

TURBULENT FLOW
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

TURNING LANES
Left-turn Channelization --------------------------- 405.2
Right-turn Channelization -------------------------- 405.3
Separate ----------------------------------------------- 62.1
Traffic ------------------------------------------------- 403.6

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Two-way Left-turn ----------------------------------- 405.2

TURNING RADIUS
Minimum ----------------------------------------------

62.4

TURNING TEMPLATES
----------------------------------------------------------- 404.3
Truck and Transit ------------------------------------ 407

TURNOUTS

Design Speed ----------------------------------------Drive way --------------------------------------------Horizontal Clearance -------------------------------Interchange Spacing --------------------------------Median Standards -----------------------------------Outer Separation ------------------------------------Position of Curbs and Dikes -----------------------Weaving Section -------------------------------------

101.2
205.3
309.1
501.3
305.1
310.2
303.5
504.7

UTILITIES

----------------------------------------------------------- 204.5

at Walls ------------------------------------------------ 210.8

TURNS, PROHIBITED
V

Intersections ------------------------------------------ 403.8

TWO-LANE CROSS SECTIONS


New Construction ------------------------------------ 307.2
RRR Projects ----------------------------------------- 307.3

TWO-QUADRANT CLOVERLEAF
INTERCHANGE

VACATION
Definition --------------------------------------------- 110.9

VALUE ANALYSIS
----------------------------------------------------------- 110.9

----------------------------------------------------------- 502.2

TWO-WAY LEFT-TURN LANES

VEGETATIVE EROSION CONTROL


-----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------- 405.2

62.5

VELOCITY HEAD
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 864.3

VERTICAL CLEARANCE
UNDERCUT

see CLEARANCES

Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2


----------------------------------------------------------- 865.2

----------------------------------------------------------- 204.4
also see SIGHT DISTANCE

UNDERDRAINS
Design Criteria --------------------------------------Installations ------------------------------------------Open Joint --------------------------------------------Perforated Pipe --------------------------------------Pipe ---------------------------------------------------Selection of Type -----------------------------------Service Life -------------------------------------------

VERTICAL CURVES

842.4
842.2
842.5
842.5
842.5
842.7
842.6

UNDERFLOW
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

UNDERPASS
Railroad, Grade Line -------------------------------- 204.8
Railroad ----------------------------------------------- 208.9

UNDIVIDED HIGHWAYS

VISTA POINTS
Definition --------------------------------------------Aesthetic Factors ------------------------------------Design Standards ------------------------------------Features and Facilities ------------------------------General -----------------------------------------------Minimum Standards --------------------------------Site Selection ----------------------------------------Water Supply -----------------------------------------

62.5
109.3
904
904.3
904.1
904.1
904.2
706.6

VOLUME
----------------------------------------------------------- 62.8
Design Hourly Volume ------------------------------ 103.1
Design Volume --------------------------------------- 62.8

Axis of Rotation -------------------------------------- 202.4


Grade Line -------------------------------------------- 204.2

UNTREATED GRANULAR BASE


see BASE

URBAN/URBANIZED
Access Control --------------------------------------- 504.8
Corner Radii ------------------------------------------ 405.8
Definition --------------------------------------------- 81.3

WALKWAYS
see PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES

WALLS
Head --------------------------------------------------- 826.3

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WALLS, RETAINING

WIDTH

see EARTH RETAINING SYSTEMS

WATER
Course, Definition ----------------------------------Pollution, Control of -------------------------------Quality Control Boards ----------------------------Shed --------------------------------------------------Table, Definition -----------------------------------Way, Definition -------------------------------------Wells, Abandonment --------------------------------

806.2
110.2
110.2
819.2
806.2
806.2
110.2

WATER SUPPLY
Roadside Rests --------------------------------------- 903.5
Roadside Rests and Landscaping ----------------- 706.6
Vista Points ------------------------------------------ 706.6

Driveway, Access Openings on Expressways --Driveway, Urban -----------------------------------Lane --------------------------------------------------Lane, on Curves ------------------------------------Left Turn Lanes -------------------------------------Median -----------------------------------------------Opening for Falsework ----------------------------Pavement --------------------------------------------Right of Way -----------------------------------------Shoulder ---------------------------------------------Structures --------------------------------------------Swept, Definition -----------------------------------Swept, Design Considerations --------------------Tracking, Definition -------------------------------Tracking, Design Considerations -----------------

205.1
205.3
301.1
504.3
405.2
305.1
204.8
301.1
306
302.1
208.1
62.4
404.2
62.4
404.2

WAVE
Height ------------------------------------------------- 873.2
Run-up ------------------------------------------------ 873.2

WEAVING
----------------------------------------------------------- 62.8
Sections ----------------------------------------------- 62.4
Sections, Interchange ------------------------------- 504.7

WEED CONTROL
Noxious, Control of ---------------------------------- 110.5

WEEPHOLES
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2
----------------------------------------------------------- 872.2

WEIGHING FACILITIES
Truck -------------------------------------------------- 703.1

WEIR
Definition --------------------------------------------- 806.2

WELLS
----------------------------------------------------------- 841.5
Water, Abandonment ------------------------------- 110.2

WETLANDS PROTECTION
----------------------------------------------------------- 110.4

WHEELBASE
Definition ---------------------------------------------

62.4

WHEELCHAIR RAMPS
see CURB RAMPS

WIDENING
Pavement ---------------------------------------------Ramps, for Trucks ----------------------------------Pavement Design Life -----------------------------Pavement, Project Type ---------------------------Signalized Intersections ---------------------------Slope Benches and Cut Widening -----------------

206.2
504.3
612.3
603.2
405.9
304.3

Y
YARDS
Maintenance ------------------------------------------ 107.2
Plant Sites, Contractors ------------------------------ 112

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