Roadway Design

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Division Units & Their General Function & Responsibilities

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Design Standards

Updates design policy, procedures and standards.

Expressways and Major Arterials Group A & Group B

• The Expressways and Major Arterials Groups A & B are responsible for preparing and reviewing plans, specifications, and estimates for projects for expressways and major arterials.

Interstate

• The Interstate Section is responsible for preparing and reviewing plans, specifications, and estimates for projects on the interstate system.

Urban, Resurfacing, & Lighting

• The Urban and Resurfacing area is responsible for preparing and reviewing plans, specifications and estimates for projects on off-system federal-aid urban roads, and urban highways in the state highway system.
  
  • Determining the location, program definition, design and preparation of all safety and enhancement improvement projects.
  • Coordinating various federal-aid programs available for cities with a population of 5,000 or greater.
  • Assisting cities in obtaining engineering services, consulting with city officials as necessary to assure Department responsiveness to their problems.

Plan Development

Plan Development is responsible for:

• Develpment of preliminary and final design plans.
• Coordination of all photogrammetric, land surveying & geodetic activities.
• Authorizing and coordinating preliminary, right-of-way, hydraulic and any additional surveys.
• Perform land survey activities as required.
• Performs Hydrologic/Hydraulic studies.

Plan Review

Reviews plans prior to submittal to Plans and Specifications.

Office Services

• Directly responsible to the Roadway Design Engineer.
• Responsible for incoming and outgoing correspondence.
• Directing inquiries to appropriate area(s).
• Responsible for project files and plans in the Roadway Design vault.
• Ordering and dispensing of supplies for the division and processing division payroll.