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Bureau of Design & Environment Manual - 2002 Edition

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

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

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

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Manual

Subject

Part I

preface

PREFACE/SIGNATURE SHEET/MANUAL FORMAT, UPDATE and COMMENTS (643 kb)
ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS (Program Development) (301 kb)
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT NETWORK (New Alignment) (580 kb)
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT NETWORK (Existing Alignment) (846 kb)
COORDINATION RESPONSIBILITIES (180 kb)
LOCAL AGENCY AGREEMENTS (1.30 mb)
UTILITY COORDINATION (708 kb)
RAILROAD COORDINATION (461 kb)
CONSULTANT DEVELOPED and/or DESIGNED PROJECTS (320 kb)

Chapter 9

RESERVED (96.2 kb)
RESERVED (101 kb)

Part II

PHASE I STUDIES (522 kb)

Chapter 12

PHASE I ENGINEERING REPORTS (775 kb)

Chapter 13

WORK ZONE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT STUDIES (621 kb)

Chapter 14

INTERSECTION DESIGN STUDIES (537 kb)
INTERCHANGE TYPE AND DESIGN STUDIES (1.14 mb)
REST AREAS/WEIGH STATIONS (776 kb)
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCOMMODATIONS (1.83 mb)
Chapter 18 TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENTS (176 kb)
Chapter 19 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT GUIDELINES (536 kb)

Chapter 20 

RESERVED (123 kb)

Chapter 21

RESERVED (128 kb)

Part III

GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROCEDURES (0.98 mb)
Chapter 23 CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS (707 kb)
Chapter 24 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS (885 kb)

Chapter 25 

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS (976 kb)

Chapter 26

SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSES (1.16 mb)

ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYS (373 kb)
Chapter 28 ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS/CERTIFICATIONS (314 kb)
Chapter 29 RESERVED 147 kb)

Chapter 30 

RESERVED (142 kb)
DUPLICATED REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE (3.06 mb)
ACRONYMS/GLOSSARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL TERMS (1.25 mb)
AUTHORITY/RESPONSIBILITIES (1.32 mb)

Part IV

BASIC DESIGN CONTROLS (615 kb)
HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT (1.55 mb)

Chapter 33 

VERTICAL ALIGNMENT (4.04 mb)

Chapter 34 

CROSS SECTION ELEMENTS (884 kb)

Chapter 35

ACCESS CONTROL/ACCESS MANAGEMENT (686 kb)
INTERSECTIONS (3.26 mb)
INTERCHANGES (4.38 mb)
ROADSIDE SAFETY (1.41 mb)

Chapter 39 

STRUCTURE PLANNING/GEOMETRICS (1.41 mb)

Chapter 40

GENERAL DRAINAGE PROCEDURES (323 kb)

Chapter 41

RESERVED (164 kb)

Chapter 42

RESERVED (166 kb)

Part V

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (310 kb)
RURAL AND URBAN FREEWAYS (New Construction/Reconstruction) (1.37 mb)

Chapter 45

EXPRESSWAYS (New Construction/Reconstruction) (1.27 mb)

Chapter 46

STRATEGIC REGIONAL ARTERIALS (New Construction/Reconstruction) (992 kb)

Chapter 47

RURAL TWO-LANE/MULTILANE STATE HIGHWAYS (New Construction/Reconstruction) (809 kb)
URBAN HIGHWAYS AND STREETS (New Construction/Reconstruction) (907 kb)
3R GUIDELINES FOR RURAL AND URBAN HIGHWAYS (Non-Freeways) (1.30 mb)
3R GUIDELINES FOR FREEWAYS (685 kb)

Chapter 51

RESERVED (176 kb)

Chapter 52

RESERVED (178 kb)

Part VI

PAVEMENT REHABILITATION (1.87 mb)
PAVEMENT DESIGN (1.37 mb)

Chapter 55

WORK ZONE TRAFFIC CONTROL (594 kb)

Chapter 56

HIGHWAY LIGHTING (558 kb)

Chapter 57

TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES(421 kb)
SPECIAL DESIGN ELEMENTS(777 kb)
LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND EROSION CONTROL (2.01 mb)
OTHER DEPARTMENT MANUALS (291 kb)

Chapter 61

RESERVED (195 kb)

Chapter 62

RESERVED (196 kb)

Part VII

PLAN PREPARATION (959 kb)
QUANTITY COMPUTATIONS (458 kb)

Chapter 65

COST ESTIMATING (305 kb)

Chapter 66

CONTRACT PROCESSING (403 kb)

Part VIII

BDE PROCEDURE MEMORANDUMS (13.4 mb)

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