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Highway Design Manual
About Us
 
The Standards Group is responsible for the update and interpretation of the Highway Design Manual.  This group is part of Engineering Services, which is a unit of Roadway Engineering.
 

STAFF
Dave Polly
Senior Standards Engineer
(503) 986-3738
 Lily Nguyen
Operations & Design Manual      
(503) 986-3772
Urban Design
Rich Crossler-Laird
Senior Urban Design Engineer  
(503) 986-3741
Rural Design
Christopher Henson
Senior Roadway Engineer
(503) 986-3561
Interchange Design
Kent Belleque
Senior Interchange Design Engineer   
(503) 986-3536
Interchange Design
Dave Warrick
Interchange Engineer
(503) 986-3560
 

2003 English Manual
 

Title Page  |  Revisions 04  |  Revisions 05-06 |  Manual Change Transmittals Image - New
Navigator (Added 5/23/07)
Distribution Letter/Preface
Table of Contents
 1 - Project Delivery
 2 - Design Standard Policies and Processes (Revised 12/12/08) (Revised 3/1/10)
 3 - Survey and Design Procedure (Revised 4/1/05) (Revised 2/1/10)
 4 - Right of Way
 5 - General Design Standards   (Revised 6/1/08) (Revised 9/5/07) (Revised 11/09) (Revised 3/1/10) (Revised 9/1/10)
 6 - Freeway Design (Revised 3/1/06) (Revised 8/1/08) (Revised 11/1/09)(Revised 3/1/10)
 7 - Rural Non-Freeway Highway Design  (Revised 4/1/05)
(Revised 6/1/08) (Revised 8/1/08) (Revised 3/1/10)
 8 - Urban Highway Design (Non-Freeway)  (Revised 6/1/08) (Revised 8/1/08)
(Revised 9/13/07) (Revised 3/1/10)
 9 - Intersection and Interchange Design (Revised 1/18/07) (Revised 6/1/08)  (Revised 8/1/08) (Revised 7/1/10)
10 - Special Design Elements (Revised 1/30/06)
11 - Pedestrian & Bicycle (Revised 11/09/10)
12 - Design Guidelines for Public Transportation
13 - Design Exception Process (Revised 5/22/07) (Revised 8/1/08) 
(Revised 11/09/10)
14 - Plans, Specification & Estimates
Appendix A - Listing of Oregon State Highways (Revised 6/1/05)
Appendix B - Urban Pavement Strategy (Revised 9/13/07)
Appendix C - Interstate Maintenance Strategy
Appendix D - Roadside Inventory
Appendix E - Designer Check List
Appendix F - Left/Right Turn Siting Criteria
Appendix G - Glossary
Appendix H - Figures & Tables (Revised 1/18/07) (Revised 11/09/10)
Appendix J - English Alignment Guide (Revised 6/1/05)
Table 5 Revised (From ODOT Standard Highway Spiral Book)
Appendix K - OHP Appendix D: Highway Classification by Milepoint  (Added 5/1/07)
Appendix L - Index (Revised 1/07) (Revised 11/09) (Revised 6/11)
Appendix M - Oregon Vertical Clearance Standards Map and High Route Highways Table (Added 11/1/09)
 

Tech Bulletins & Exceptions
 
These related sites may be of interest:
1) Memos to Designers
 
2) Technical Bulletins
 
3) Design Exceptions

Change Requests
 
If you would like to suggest changes to the Highway Design Manual, fill out the form on the "Request for Change to Highway Design Manual" page.
 

Ordering Copies
 
You can order hard copies of the Design Manual on-line from the Contractor Plans Office or by calling them at (503) 986-6936 or you can email your request to contractorplans@odot.state.or.us .