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Construction specifications

MassDOT issues construction specifications for use on our construction contracts.
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Construction specifications

Open PDF file, 2.34 MB,  2026 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges: Division I: General Requirements and Covenants (English, PDF 2.34 MB)
Open PDF file, 5.29 MB,  2026 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges: Division II: Construction Details (English, PDF 5.29 MB)
Open PDF file, 7.1 MB,  2026 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges: Division III: Materials Specifications (English, PDF 7.1 MB)
Open PDF file, 478.69 KB,  Amendments to the 2025 Edition of the Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (English, PDF 478.69 KB)
Open PDF file, 589.03 KB,  Supplemental Specifications (June 30, 2026) (English, PDF 589.03 KB)
Open PDF file, 297.76 KB,  Supplemental Specifications (March 31, 2026) (English, PDF 297.76 KB)
Price Adjustments
Landscape Design and Roadside Maintenance

Superseded editions

Open PDF file, 13.52 MB,  2025 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (English, PDF 13.52 MB)
Open PDF file, 12.63 MB,  2024 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (English, PDF 12.63 MB)
Open PDF file, 8.84 MB,  2023 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (English, PDF 8.84 MB)
Open PDF file, 6.59 MB,  2022 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (English, PDF 6.59 MB)
Open PDF file, 22.71 MB,  2021 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (English, PDF 22.71 MB)
Open PDF file, 6.21 MB,  2020 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (English, PDF 6.21 MB)
Open PDF file, 29.56 MB,  1988 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (English Edition) (English, PDF 29.56 MB)
Open PDF file, 4.77 MB,  1995 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (Metric Edition) (English, PDF 4.77 MB)
Open PDF file, 3.53 MB,  Supplemental Specifications to the Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (April 2019) (English, PDF 3.53 MB)
Open PDF file, 2.05 MB,  Supplemental Specifications to the Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (July 2015) (English, PDF 2.05 MB)
Open PDF file, 5.08 MB,  2012 Supplemental Specifications to the Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (English, PDF 5.08 MB)
Open PDF file, 2.46 MB,  2010 Supplemental Specifications to the 1988 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (Combined English and Metric Edition) (Combined English and Metric Edition) (English, PDF 2.46 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.73 MB,  2006 Supplemental Specifications to the 1988 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (English Edition) (English, PDF 1.73 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.42 MB,  2006 Supplemental Specifications to the 1995 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (Metric Edition) (English, PDF 1.42 MB)

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