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Design guides and manuals

MassDOT issues guides and manuals for use by our project designers.
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Design guides and manuals

Project Development and Design Guide 
Open PDF file, 2.46 MB,  Managing Bluebeam User Guide Version 3.1 (English, PDF 2.46 MB)
Open PDF file, 9.19 MB,  Plan Preparation Guidelines for Consultants Preparing Right-of-Way Plans (Version 3.0) (English, PDF 9.19 MB)
Open PDF file, 1012.83 KB,  State ROW QA/QC Form (English, PDF 1012.83 KB)
Open PDF file, 1.01 MB,  Municipal ROW QA/QC Form (English, PDF 1.01 MB)
Separated Bike Lane Planning and Design Guide 
Roundabouts 
MassDOT Bridge Manual - Hundredth Anniversary Edition 
CAD Standards 
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (FHWA) 
Massachusetts Amendments to the 2009 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the Standard Municipal Traffic Code 
Accessible Pedestrian Signal Installation Policy 
Open PDF file, 34.12 MB,  1996 Survey Manual (English, PDF 34.12 MB)
Landscape Design and Roadside Maintenance 
Historic Parkway Preservation Treatment Guidelines (DCR) 

Superseded editions

LRFD Bridge Manual - 2013 Edition 
Open PDF file, 16.29 MB,  2006 Project Development and Design Guide (English, PDF 16.29 MB)
Open PDF file, 35.23 MB,  2005 Bridge Manual with August 2007 revisions (English, PDF 35.23 MB)
Open PDF file, 2.64 MB,  Addenda to the 1997 Highway Design Manual (English, PDF 2.64 MB)
Open PDF file, 6.65 MB,  1997 Highway Design Manual (Metric Edition) (English, PDF 6.65 MB)

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