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DETAIL "B"
ELEMENT
DESIGN ELEMENT TOLERANCES
5'-0" MIN 5'-0" MIN
5'-0" MIN 5'-0" MIN
ACCEPTANCE
LIMIT FOR WORK
SIDEWALK CROSS SLOPE - SEE NOTE 12
SIDEWALK GRADE (RUNNING SLOPE) - SEE NOTE 11
CURB RAMP GRADE (RUNNING SLOPE) - SEE NOTE 21
BLENDED TRANSITION GRADE (RUNNING SLOPE) - SEE NOTE 7
LAYOUT LIMIT
DESIGN AND FIELD
CHAPTER 18 WEBSITE.
AND CONSTRUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES" AVAILABLE ON THE NYSDOT HIGHWAY DESIGN MANUAL
FOR ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND TOLERANCES, SEE "CRITICAL ELEMENTS FOR THE DESIGN, LAYOUT,
ALL VALUES SHOWN ON THE 608-01 STANDARD SHEETS REFER TO DESIGN AND FIELD LAYOUT LIMITS.
DETECTABLE WARNING SURFACES, AND DROP CURBS.
PARALLEL VEHICLE TRAVEL LANE. THE CLEAR SPACE MAY OVERLAP TURNING SPACES,
BE PROVIDED WITHIN THE WIDTH OF THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK, AND OUTSIDE THE
BEYOND THE BOTTOM GRADE BREAK, A CLEAR SPACE OF 4'-0" x 4'-0" MINIMUM SHALL
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TURNING SPACES EXCEED 2.0% IN ANY DIRECTION.
WORK ACCEPTANCE IS 2.0%. A NONSTANDARD FEATURE JUSTIFICATION IS REQUIRED WHERE
ANY DIRECTION, WHILE PROVIDING POSITIVE DRAINAGE. THE MAXIMUM CROSS SLOPE FOR
TURNING SPACES SHALL NOT BE DESIGNED WITH CROSS SLOPE GREATER THAN 1.5% IN
28.
PROVIDED PERPENDICULAR TO THE CONSTRAINT.
THE TURNING SPACE SHALL BE 4'-0" X 5'-0" MINIMUM. THE 5'-0" DIMENSION SHALL BE
4'-0" MINIMUM. WHERE THE TURNING SPACE IS CONSTRAINED AT THE BACK OF SIDEWALK,
VERTICAL CURB, BUILDINGS, FENCES) THE TURNING SPACE DIMENSIONS SHALL BE 4'-0" x
WHERE THERE ARE NO VERTICAL CONSTRAINTS AT THE BACK OF SIDEWALK, (E.G.,
27.
TURNING SPACES SHALL BE PERMITTED TO OVERLAP CLEAR SPACES.
SPACE SHALL BE PROVIDED AT THE BASE OR THE TOP OF CURB RAMP AS APPLICABLE.
WHERE A CHANGE IN DIRECTION IS REQUIRED TO UTILIZE A CURB RAMP, A TURNING
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TURNING SPACE AND CLEAR SPACE NOTES:
1.5% MAX.
4.5% MAX.
7.5% MAX.
4.5% MAX.
2.0% MAX.
5.0% MAX.
8.3% MAX.
5.0% MAX.
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U.S. CUSTOMARY STANDARD SHEET
ISSUED UNDER EB 16-012
608-01
(DESIGN)
DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER
(SHEET 1 OF 9)
SIDEWALK AND CURB RAMP DETAILS
APPROVED MARCH 07, 2016
DETAILS ON SHEET 9 OF 9.
CURB LINE, THEN THE ROADWAY SHALL BE REBUILT USING CLASS C CONCRETE. SEE
FOR ADEQUATE COMPACTION OF ASPHALT. IF SAWCUT IS LESS THAN 2'-0" FROM PROPOSED
ROADWAY SHOULD BE SAWCUT AT LEAST 2'-0" FROM THE PROPOSED CURB LINE TO ALLOW
WHERE EXISTING ROADWAYS ARE SAWCUT TO INSTALL CURBING AND/OR SIDEWALK, THE
18.
680-10 FOR DETAILS.
FOR PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS AND PEDESTRIAN PUSH BUTTONS, REFER TO STANDARD SHEET
17.
SHEET 608-03.
WHEN CROSSING DRIVEWAYS, THE WORK SHALL BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH STANDARD
16.
25% SHOULD BE PAVED, PLANTED OR CONSTRUCTED WITH HARDSCAPE MATERIALS.
TRANSITION BEHIND SIDEWALK IS 25%. BUFFER ZONES WITH A CROSS SLOPE GREATER THAN
THE MAXIMUM RECOMMENDED CROSS SLOPE OF A TURF BUFFER ZONE OR SLOPE
15.
SHOULD BE PAVED OR CONSTRUCTED WITH HARDSCAPE MATERIALS.
WHERE THE BUFFER ZONE WIDTH, EXCLUSIVE OF CURB, IS LESS THAN 3'-0" THE SURFACE
ROUTE FROM THE VEHICLE TRAVELED WAY. THE BUFFER ZONE MAY BE PLANTED OR PAVED.
THE BUFFER ZONE IS A PHYSICAL DISTANCE SEPARATING THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
14.
MAY ALSO SERVE AS PASSING SPACES.
PROVIDED AT A MAXIMUM INTERVAL OF 200'. EXISTING DRIVEWAYS AND STREET CROSSING
OR GREATER DIMENSIONS (E.G., DRIVEWAYS) THAT MEET THE SLOPE CRITERIA, SHALL BE
5'-0" x 5'-0" PASSING SPACES (SHOWN IN DETAIL A OR B), OR A FEATURE OF EQUAL
THE CURB. WHEN WALKWAY WIDTHS ARE LESS THAN 5'-0",
THE MINIMUM CLEAR WIDTH FOR PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ROUTES IS 4'-0", EXCLUSIVE OF
13.
GRADE.
STREET CROSSING SHALL BE PERMITTED TO EQUAL THE STREET OR HIGHWAY
SLOPE OF A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ROUTE CONTAINED WITHIN A MIDBLOCK
WHERE MIDBLOCK PEDESTRIAN STREET CROSSINGS ARE PROVIDED, THE CROSS
B.
AND LAYOUT, AND 5% MAXIMUM FOR WORK ACCEPTANCE.
CONTAINED WITHIN A STREET CROSSING SHALL BE 4.5% MAXIMUM FOR DESIGN
WITHOUT A FLASHING RED, THE CROSS SLOPE OF A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ROUTE
WITHOUT YIELD OR STOP CONTROL OR WHERE THERE IS ANY TRAFFIC SIGNAL
WHERE PEDESTRIAN STREET CROSSINGS ARE PROVIDED AT INTERSECTIONS
A.
ARE ALLOWED:
DESIGN AND LAYOUT, AND 2% MAXIMUM FOR WORK ACCEPTANCE. THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS
THE CROSS SLOPE OF PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ROUTES SHALL BE 1.5% MAXIMUM FOR
12.
HIGHWAY GRADE.
HIGHWAY GRADE IS GREATER THAN 5%, THE SIDEWALK GRADE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
WHEN MATCHING INTO EXISTING SIDEWALK OR WHEN THE HIGHWAY GRADE IS STEEPER. WHEN
SIDEWALK GRADE (RUNNING SLOPE) SHALL NOT BE DESIGNED TO EXCEED 4.5%, EXCEPT
11.
DIFFERENT IN THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.
MATERIAL DEPTHS SHOWN ON THESE SHEETS ARE TYPICAL MINIMUM VALUES AND MAY BE
10.
SHALL NOT BE ROUNDED.
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ROUTE SHALL BE PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND
VERTICAL ALIGMENT SHALL BE GENERALLY PLANAR. GRADE BREAKS wWITHIN THE
9.
AND DETAILS ON SHEET 2 OF 9 FOR DIMENSIONS, ORIENTATION AND INSTALLATION.
DETECTABLE WARNINGS. SEE ADDITIONAL "DETECTABLE WARNING NOTES" ON THIS SHEET,
CURB RAMPS AND BLENDED TRANSITIONS MAY REQUIRE THE INSTALLATION OF
8.
GREATER THAN 5% ARE CONSIDERED CURB RAMPS.
ROADWAY LEVEL THAT HAVE A MAXIMUM GRADE (RUNNING SLOPE) OF 5%, AND TRANSITIONS
RAMPS. BLENDED TRANSITIONS ARE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK LEVEL AND THE
SIDEWALKS ARE CONNECTED TO ROADWAYS BY EITHER BLENDED TRANSITIONS OR CURB
7.
SHEET 2 OF 9.
THAN 1:2. THE BEVEL SHALL BE APPLIED ACROSS THE ENTIRE JOINT. SEE DETAIL ON
DISCONTINUITIES BETWEEN ‚" AND •" SHALL BE BEVELED WITH A SLOPE NOT STEEPER
FLUSH AND FREE FROM ABRUPT VERTICAL CHANGES GREATER THAN ‚". VERTICAL SURFACE
JOINTS BETWEEN SIDEWALKS, CURB RAMPS, TURNING SPACES AND ROADWAYS SHALL BE
6.
CROSS SLOPES ARE MEASURED PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL.
GRADES (RUNNING SLOPES) ARE MEASURED IN THE DIRECTION OF PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL.
5.
10' INTERVALS.
CENTERLINE. CROSS SLOPES WILL BE MEASURED PERPENDICULAR TO CENTERLINE AT 5' TO
SLOPE) WILL BE MEASURED ALONG THE CENTERLINE AND OFFSET 12" TO 18" FROM THE
WHERE THE READINGS VARY, THE MEASUREMENTS WILL BE AVERAGED. GRADE (RUNNING
WILL BE MEASURED WITH A 4 FOOT LONG DIGITAL LEVEL USING AT LEAST TWO READINGS.
TO CHECK FIELD LAYOUT AND TO VERIFY WORK ACCEPTANCE, ALL SLOPES AND GRADES
4.
EXHIBIT 2-15A.
NONSTANDARD FEATURES SHALL BE JUSTIFIED PER HIGHWAY DESIGN MANUAL CHAPTER 2,
CONSTRUCTED TO MEET THE STANDARDS TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PRACTICABLE.
FACILITIES THAT CANNOT BE CONSTRUCTED TO MEET THE DESIGN STANDARDS SHALL BE
NOT ALL FACILITIES CAN BE CONSTRUCTED TO MEET THE DESIGN STANDARDS.
3.
NYSDOT HIGHWAY DESIGN MANUAL CHAPTER 18 WEBSITE.
DESIGN, LAYOUT, AND ACCEPTANCE OF PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES" AVAILABLE ON THE
ON THIS SHEET. FURTHER INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON "CRITICAL ELEMENTS FOR THE
OUTSIDE THE LIMITS FOR WORK ACCEPTANCE. SEE TABLE "DESIGN ELEMENT TOLERANCES"
DESIGN AND FIELD LAYOUT. FACILITIES SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUCTED WITH VALUES
DIMENSIONS SHOWN IN THE DETAILS AS MINIMUMS AND MAXIMUMS ARE THE LIMITS FOR
2.
PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY (PROWAG).
(ADA), AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE 2011 PROPOSED ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR
THESE SHEETS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
1.
GENERAL NOTES:
CROSSINGS.
SINGLE DIAGONAL CURB RAMP WILL BE PERMITTED TO SERVE BOTH PEDESTRIAN STREET
RAMPS FROM BEING INSTALLED AT A STREET CORNER THAT SERVES BOTH CROSSINGS, A
SERVES BOTH CROSSINGS. WHERE EXISTING PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS PREVENT TWO CURB
DEPARTMENT PREFERENCE IS TO INSTALL TWO CURB RAMPS AT A STREET CORNER THAT
25.
BACK CURB MAY BE INSTALLED. SEE DETAILS ON SHEET 3 OF 9 AND SHEET 9 OF 9.
WHERE GRADING IS NOT FEASIBLE DUE TO LIMITED ROW OR PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS, A
TO MATCH EXISTING TERRAIN, UNLESS OTHERWISE SHOWN IN THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.
THE BACKSIDE OF A PARALLEL RAMP SHOULD BE GRADED TO A MAXIMUM SLOPE OF 25%
24.
THE CURB LINE.
MAXIMUM FOR WORK ACCEPTANCE. THE SLOPE OF FLARED SIDES IS MEASURED PARALLEL TO
SHALL BE INSTALLED WITH A MAXIMUM SLOPE OF 9.5% FOR DESIGN AND LAYOUT, AND 10%
ZONE. WHERE A PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION PATH CROSSES THE CURB RAMP, FLARED SIDES
RAMP SIDE OPTIONS ARE DETAILED ON SHEET 3 OF 9 FOR USE WITHIN THE BUFFER
23.
WARPED ACCORDING TO THE DETAIL ON SHEET 8 OF 9 TO TIE INTO THE DROP CURB.
EXCEPTIONS. WHERE THE EXISTING ROADWAY GRADE EXCEEDS 2%, THE CURB RAMP MAY BE
FOR DESIGN AND LAYOUT, AND 2% MAXIMUM FOR WORK ACCEPTANCE. SEE NOTE 12 FOR
PROVIDE POSITIVE DRAINAGE. THE CROSS SLOPE OF A CURB RAMP SHALL BE 1.5% MAXIMUM
THE CROSS SLOPE OF THE CURB RAMP SHALL BE AS FLAT AS POSSIBLE AND STILL
22.
REQUIRED TO EXCEED 15'-0" FOR WORK ACCEPTANCE.
TO EXCEED 15'-1" FOR DESIGN AND FIELD LAYOUT. THE RAMP LENGTH SHALL NOT BE
A GRADE (RUNNING SLOPE) OF 8.3% OR LESS, THE RAMP LENGTH SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
WHERE EXISTING CONDITIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CURB RAMP WITH
21.
ACCESSIBILITY AND WORK ACCEPTANCE SHALL BE A MAXIMUM OF 8.3%.
GRADE FOR DESIGN AND LAYOUT SHALL BE A MAXIMUM OF 7.5%. THE GRADE FOR ADA
THE GRADE (RUNNING SLOPE) OF A CURB RAMP SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 5%. THE
20.
THE MINIMUM WIDTH OF A CURB RAMP SHALL BE 4'-0".
19.
CURB RAMP NOTES:
DARK-ON-LIGHT.
HIGHWAY, OR PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ROUTE SURFACE, EITHER LIGHT-ON-DARK OR
WARNING SURFACES SHALL CONTRAST VISUALLY WITH ADJACENT GUTTER, STREET OR
DOCUMENTS OR MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS. DETECTABLE
THE DETECTABLE WARNING FIELD SHALL BE THE COLOR SPECIFIED IN THE CONTRACT
35.
ALIGNMENT TO THE GRADE BREAK.
ORIENTATION IS LESS CRITICAL AND MAY DIFFER FROM PERPENDICULAR OR RADIAL
SPACING WITHIN THE RANGES SPECIFIED ON SHEET 2. ON SLOPES LESS THAN 5%, DOME
ARE ARRAYED RADIALLY THEY MAY DIFFER IN DOME DIAMETER AND CENTER-TO-CENTER
PERPENDICULAR OR RADIAL TO THE LOWER GRADE BREAK ON THE RAMP RUN. WHERE DOMES
ON SLOPES OF 5% OR GREATER, THE ROWS OF DOMES SHALL BE ALIGNED TO BE
34.
BORDER, IF PROVIDED.
FLARED SIDES. THE WIDTH OF THE DETECTABLE WARNING FIELD INCLUDES A CONCRETE
SHALL EXTEND THE FULL WIDTH OF THE CURB RAMP OR FLUSH SURFACE, EXCLUDING ANY
DETECTABLE WARNING FIELD SHALL BE 24" MINIMUM IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND
ON THE DETECTABLE WARNING UNIT IS FOR ILLUSTRATION ONLY. THE SIZE OF THE
THE DETAILS PROVIDED ARE NOT DRAWN TO SCALE. THE QUANTITY OF DOMES DEPICTED
33.
FROM THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE CURB RADIUS.
CURB EDGE IS TOOLED TO PROVIDE A RADIUS, THE BORDER DIMENSION SHALL BE MEASURED
INSTALLATION. IF REQUIRED, THE BORDER SHALL NOT EXCEED 2". WHERE THE BACK OF
SOME DETECTABLE WARNING PRODUCTS REQUIRE A CONCRETE BORDER FOR PROPER
32.
SURFACES SHALL NOT BE PROVIDED AT CROSSINGS OF UNCONTROLLED DRIVEWAY APRONS.
ROUTE CROSSES DRIVEWAYS WITH SIGNAL, YIELD OR STOP CONTROL. DETECTABLE WARNING
DETECTABLE WARNING SURFACES SHALL BE PROVIDED WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
31.
PEDESTRIAN AT-GRADE RAIL CROSSINGS NOT LOCATED WITHIN A STREET OR HIGHWAY.
C.
ACROSS THE REFUGE ISLAND IS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 6 FEET).
PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLANDS (WHERE THE LENGTH OF THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ROUTE
B.
CURB RAMPS AND BLENDED TRANSITIONS AT PEDESTRIAN STREET CROSSINGS.
A.
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ROUTES:
DETECTABLE WARNING SURFACES SHALL BE PROVIDED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ON
30.
DETECTABLE WARNING NOTES:
