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MaineDOT Highway Design Guide

The MaineDOT Highway Design Guide is divided into two volumes:

• Volume I is based on the National Standards as set forth by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) in A Policy of Geometric Design of Highways and Streets. This volume of the Guide may be utilized for all State roadway projects but must be utilized for all projects on the National Highway System (NHS).
  
  
• Volume II is based on standards developed for the State of Maine and may be utilized for all non-NHS roadway projects.

MaineDOT Highway Design Guide Volume I: National Standards - December 2004

• Full Document - Warning 18.7 Meg download (PDF)
• Cover (PDF)
• Registration Forms (PDF)
• How to use this Guide (PDF)
• Table of Contents (PDF)
• Chapter 1: Project Development Process (PDF)
• Chapter 2: Preparation of Plans (PDF)
• Chapter 3: Basic Design Controls (PDF)
• Chapter 4: Vertical Alignment (PDF)
• Chapter 5: Horizontal Alignment (PDF)
• Chapter 6: Cross Section Elements (PDF)
• Chapter 7: Geometric Design Tables - New Construction/Reconstruction (PDF)
  
• Chapter 8: Intersection AT-Grade (PDF)
• Chapter 9: Interchanges (PDF)
• Chapter 10: Roadside Safety (PDF)
• Chapter 11: Geometric Design of Existing Highways (PDF)
• Chapter 12: Drainage Design (PDF)
• Chapter 13: Flexible Pavement Design (PDF)
• Chapter 14: Estimating Quantities (PDF)
• Chapter 15: Flexible Design Practices (PDF)
• Basic Highway Design Check List (PDF)
• Specification Writing Guide (PDF)

MaineDOT Highway Design Guide Volume II: State Standards - July 2003

• Full Document - Warning: 2.0 meg download (PDF)
• Cover (PDF)
• Memo: Update of Stopping Sight Distance for State Standards (PDF)
• Memo: First Revision of State Standards (PDF)
• Memo: Final Draft Recommendations (PDF)
• Table of Contents (PDF)
• Section A Introduction (PDF)
• Section B Design Considerations (PDF)
• Section C Safety (PDF)
• Section D Utilities/ROW (PDF)
• Section E Environmental (PDF)
• Section F Public Process (PDF)
• Section G Policies (PDF)
• Section H References (PDF)

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