Title Page/Preface

Table of Contents

 

1 - Design Standard Policies and Processes

2 - Design Controls and Criteria

3 - Elements of Design

4 - Cross Section Elements

5 - Urban and Rural Freeway Design

6 - Urban Highway Design (Non - Freeway)

7 - Rural Highway Design (Non - Freeway)

8 - Intersections

9 - Grade Separations and Interchanges

10 - Special Design Elements

11 - Roadside Inventory, Design Process, Survey, and Right of Way

12 - Public Transportation and Guidelines

13 - Pedestrian and Bicycle

14 - Design Exception Process

15 - Contract Plans, Specifications, and Estimates

 

Appendix

Appendix A - Functional Classification

Appendix B - OHP Highway Classification by Milepoint

Appendix C - Freight Mobility, Vertical Clearance, and Resources

Appendix D - Practical Design Strategy

 

Appendix E - Designated Bikeways

Appendix F - FACS - STIP Tool Guide

 

Appendix G - Acronyms and Glossary

Appendix H - Figures and Table Locations

 

Appendix I - Intentionally left blank

 

Appendix J - Alignment Guide and Design Aids

 

Appendix K - Table 5 Revised (Standard Spiral Information)

Appendix L - Bike/Ped Design Guide

 

Index

 

OTHER RESOURCES

 

Horizontal Allignment Design Tool 

 

Full HDM in one PDF   (Note: This file is 49 MB)

 

Summary Document - This file contains a summary of each chapter and highlights some of the differences between the 2012 and the 2003 HDM editions.

 

Implementation Plan

FHWA Approval