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Highway Design Manual

I-5 North Medford Interchange

Contact the Roadway Engineering Unit

4040 Fairview Industrial Drive, MS 5
Salem, Oregon 97302
Phone: 503-986-3568
Fax: 503-986-4063

Manual Contacts

Will Woods - Primary contact

Lily Nguyen - Primary contact

Rich Crossler-Laird - Urban Design

Christopher Henson - Rural Design

Aaron Myton - Interchange Design

Dave Warrick - Interchange Design

Taundra Mortensen - ADA Design

Rodger Gutierrez - Bike and Pedestrian Design

Highway Design Manual 2023

The Highway Design Manual provides guidance for the design of:

  • New construction and major reconstruction (4R).
  • Resurfacing, restoration and rehabilitation (3R).
  • Resurfacing (1R) projects.

Use the 2023 Highway Design Manual on all projects with the Plans, Specifications and Estimates (PS&E) milestone on and after Jan. 1, 2023. Projects that reach the PS&E milestone before Jan. 1, 2023 may use the 2012 or 2023 Highway Design Manual.

Hard copies are not available for purchase.

Implementation and Summary of Updates

The 2023 HDM Revision Summary and Implementation Plan identifies the changes from the 2012 version, explains the implementation process for the 2023 HDM, and defines the process for future HDM updates.

Chapter Breakdown

Preface

Table of Contents

Part 100 - Design Policies and Procedures

Part 200 - Geometric Design and Context

Part 300 - Cross Section Elements

Part 400 - Roadside Design

Part 500 - Intersection Design

Part 600 - Interchanges and Grade Separations

Part 700 - Public Transportation and Guidelines

Part 800 - Pedestrian Design

Part 900 - Bikeway Design

Part 1000 - Design Exceptions

Part 1100 - 3D Design

Part 1200 - Other Technical Disciplines

Part 1300 - Deliverables

Appendicies

A - Functional Classification

B - Oregon Highway Plan Appendix D: Highway Classification by Mile point

C - Freight Mobility, Vertical Clearance and Resources

D - Practical Design Strategy

E - Designated Bikeway

F - FAC-STIP Tool Guide

G - ODOT ADA Curb Ramp Process

L - Bicycle and Pedestrian Design

M - Digital Design Packages

N - Digital Design Quality Control

P - Analysis for Roundabout Entrance & Exit Geometry

Q - MAP 21 NHS Standards

Please note, we have intentionally left appendices H, I, J, K and O blank.

Past Edition

Highway Design Manual 2012

For use on projects with a PS&E milestone date between October 2012 through December 2022.

Related Materials

Horizontal alignment design tool

Blueprint for Urban Design

This companion document supplements, and provides enhanced design guidance, to the 2012 Highway Design Manual and other ODOT manuals until their updates can be completed.

Blueprint for Urban Design, volume 1

Blueprint for Urban Design, volume 2

Urban Design Concurrence Document

Urban Design Document Exemption Memo

Technical Guidance