Chapter 5 - Roadside Safety and Horizontal Clearance

Chapter 5 Contents

 

5.1. General Considerations

5.2. Rural Shoulder Horizontal Clearance

5.3. Urban Shoulder Horizontal Clearance

5.4. Horizontal Clearances for Signs

5.4.1.     Sign Placement  

5.4.2.     Sign Supports

5.5. Horizontal Clearance for Light Standards

5.5.1.     High Mast Roadway Lighting

5.5.2.     Roadway Lighting

5.5.3.      Pedestrian Lighting (non-roadway)

5.6. Horizontal Clearances for Utility Installations

5.6.1.     General Guidance

5.6.2.     Rural Shoulders

5.6.3.     Urban Shoulders

5.7. Horizontal Clearances for Signal Poles and  Controller Cabinets for Signals

5.7.1.     Rural Shoulders

5.7.2.     Urban Shoulders

5.8. Horizontal Clearances to Trees and Shrubs

5.8.1.     Rural Shoulders

5.8.2.     Urban Shoulders

List of Tables

Table 5.1 Horizontal Clearances for Utility Installations: Rural Shoulders

Table 5.2 Horizontal Clearances for Utility Installations: Urban Shoulders

Table 5.3 Horizontal Clearances to Trees and Shrubs: Urban Shoulders