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Project Development & Design Guide

Commissioner's Introduction | Awards | Chapters | Additional Links |

Released in January 2006, the multiple award winning Project Development and Design Guide, with its most recent award of August 5th, 2007, serves as a national model for developing better road and bridge projects.

Commissioner's Introduction

Letter From Commissioner Paiewonsky (800 KB)
Acknowledgements (26 KB)

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Awards

• Transportation Achievement Award, Institute for Transportation Engineers, 2007
  http://www.ite.org/awards/TransportationAchievement.asp
  
  
• Environmental Excellence Award, Federal Highway Administration, 2007
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/eea2007/nonmotorized.htm
  
  
• Outstanding Achievement in Public Works Award, New England Chapter of American Public Works Association, 2006
  
  
• Outstanding Achievement Award, National Conference on Preserving the Historic Road, 2006
  
  
• Transportation Planning Excellence Award, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration and American Planning Association, 2006
  http://www.planning.org/features/2006/transpawards.htm
  
  
• Excellence in Context Sensitive Design Award, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 2006
  http://environment.transportation.org/pdf/css_brochure906_v9B.pdf
  
  
• Excellence in Highway Design Award, Federal Highway Administration, 2006
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/eihd/2006/cat10.cfm
  
  

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Chapters

web-version print-version Table of Contents (94 KB) Chapter 1 - Introduction (265 KB) (265 KB) Chapter 2 - Project Development (2.4 MB) (5.0 MB) Chapter 3 - Basic Design Controls (5.0 MB) (8.7 MB) Chapter 4 - Horizontal and Vertical Alignment (6.3 MB) (7.5 MB) Chapter 5 - Cross Section and Roadside Elements (25.7 MB) (35.4 MB) Chapter 6 - Intersection Design (9.0 MB) (10.2 MB) Chapter 7 - Interchanges (11.6 MB) (17.0 MB) Chapter 8 - Drainage and Erosion Control (19.1 MB) (32.0 MB) Chapter 9 - Pavement Design (1.5 MB) (2.4 MB) Chapter 10 - Bridges (268 KB) (268 KB) Chapter 11 - Shared Use Path and Greenways (3.0 MB) (6.5 MB) Chapter 12 - Intermodal Facilities and Rest Areas (374 KB) (553 KB) Chapter 13 - Landscape and Aesthetics (1.0 MB) (3.9 MB) Chapter 14 - Wildlife Accommodation (2.7 MB) (3.6 MB) Chapter 15 - Access Management (520 KB) (730 KB) Chapter 16 - Traffic Calming and Traffic Management (6.9 MB) (8.1 MB) Chapter 17 - Work Zone Management (1.9 MB) (2.8 MB) Chapter 18 - Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (10.5 MB) (10.5 MB) Glossary (186 KB) Covers and Tabs (24.5 MB)

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Additional Links

Document Overview (1.2 MB)
Highway Design Manual Task Force Members (13 KB)
Communities First Policy Statement (28 KB)
HDM Vision and Goals (20 KB)
Chapter 2 Appendix (1.7 MB)
Chapter 2 Appendix - Highway Design Checklists and Document Distribution Workbook (312 KB)
Chapter 9 Appendix (200 KB)
MassDOT Highway Title Sheet (DWG file)

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Project Review Forms

Project Need Form MS Word (98KB) PDF (199KB) Project Initiation Form MS Word (211KB) PDF (211KB)