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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
Managing Bluebeam User Guide Version 3.1, Open PDF file, 2.46 MB (English, PDF 2.46 MB)
Plan Preparation Guidelines for Consultants Preparing Right-of-Way Plans (Version 3.0), Open PDF file, 9.59 MB (English, PDF 9.59 MB)
State ROW QA/QC Form, Open PDF file, 1012.83 KB (English, PDF 1012.83 KB)
Municipal ROW QA/QC Form, Open PDF file, 1.01 MB (English, PDF 1.01 MB)
Guidelines for MassDOT SUE deliverables, Open PDF file, 373.88 KB (English, PDF 373.88 KB)
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 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the Standard Municipal Traffic Code
Accessible Pedestrian Signal Installation Policy
1996 Survey Manual, Open PDF file, 926.14 KB (English, PDF 926.14 KB)
Landscape Design and Roadside Maintenance
Historic Parkway Preservation Treatment Guidelines (DCR)

Superseded editions

2006 Project Development and Design Guide, Open PDF file, 19.76 MB (English, PDF 19.76 MB)
Addenda to the 1997 Highway Design Manual, Open PDF file, 3.81 MB (English, PDF 3.81 MB)
1997 Highway Design Manual (Metric Edition), Open PDF file, 9.36 MB (English, PDF 9.36 MB)

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