HANDBOOK ON COMPONENTS FOR SAFETY REST AREAS

This handbook was prepared under Contract No. DOT-FH-11-8518 for the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. Information on the functionality of components in typical safety rest areas on Federal-aid highways of the Interstate, Primary, and Secondary Systems is provided for nine convenience components (i.e., picnic tables, shelters, trash receptacles, drinking fountains, etc.) and on nine comfort components (partitions, walls and floors, toilets, wash basins, hand dryers, etc.). Ranges of typical operating and maintenance costs of safety rest areas which have modern comfort stations are also included. This handbook is intended to expand the data available to highway department personnel faced with choosing one type of component from several allernatives. It is not intended to restrict design alternatives but to provide additional insight into the problems many states have experienced with different types of components in their safety rest areas and any solutions that have been developed. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Ultrasystems, Incorporated

  500 Newport Center Drive
  Newport Beach, CA  United States  92660

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Anderson, J T
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 118 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Components; Design; Handbooks; Parks; Roadside rest areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00324482
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-76- 63
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-8518
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM