AASHTO Roadside Design Guide
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The AASHTO Roadside Design Guide is a key engineering reference that provides standards and best practices for designing safer highway roadsides and roadside safety features in the United States.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engineering design guide
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roadside safety guideline ⓘ technical standard ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
freeways
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highways ⓘ rural roads ⓘ urban roads ⓘ |
| basisFor | many state roadside design policies ⓘ |
| countryOfUse |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| documentType | guidance document ⓘ |
| field |
highway engineering
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road safety engineering ⓘ transportation engineering ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
barrier design
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clear zone design ⓘ hazard mitigation ⓘ roadside design ⓘ roadside safety ⓘ run-off-road crash mitigation ⓘ slope design ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | AASHTO RDG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublisher | American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes |
crash data considerations
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design examples ⓘ nomographs and tables ⓘ risk-based design guidance ⓘ |
| objective |
improve roadside safety
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reduce severity of run-off-road crashes ⓘ standardize roadside design practices ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| provides |
best practices for roadside safety
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design criteria for roadside features ⓘ guidance on clear zone widths ⓘ guidance on crashworthy roadside hardware ⓘ guidance on median barrier use ⓘ guidance on placement of roadside hardware ⓘ guidance on roadside slopes and ditches ⓘ guidance on selection of roadside barriers ⓘ guidance on shielding roadside obstacles ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
AASHTO Green Book
NERFINISHED
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AASHTO Highway Safety Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope |
geometric design of roadside elements
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selection of roadside safety features ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
professional engineers
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transportation planners ⓘ |
| updatedBy | periodic AASHTO revisions ⓘ |
| usedBy |
highway design engineers
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road safety analysts ⓘ state departments of transportation ⓘ transportation agencies ⓘ |
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