SHOULDER GEOMETRICS AND USE GUIDELINES

This report contains the results of a study of highway shoulder design practices and operational uses throughout the United States. The study has determined that the shoulders along highways are subjected to a variety of uses by the traveling public, adjacent property and business owners, agencies that build and maintain the highways, law enforcing agencies, and organizations that provide public services. Guidelines are provided for shoulder design elements such as width, surface type, cross slope, special signing, and markings that best satisfy the requirements for each identified shoulder use for various classifications of highways. The report will be of interest to transportation agencies and personnel responsible for the design, maintenance, and operation of all types of highways from local roads to freeways.

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  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_254.pdf
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  • Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Downs Jr, H G
  • Wallace, D W
• Publication Date: 1982-12

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 71 p.
• Serial:
  • NCHRP Report
  • Issue Number: 254
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0077-5614

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geometric design; Guidelines; Road markings; Road shoulders; Surfaces; Traffic signs
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00372300
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 131
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 31 1983 12:00AM