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• ♦Manual Notice2004-1
• ►1. Access Management General
  • ►1. Introduction
    • ♦Applicability
    • ♦Overview
  • ►2. The Benefits of Access Management
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Effects on Safety
    • ♦Operational Effects
    • ♦Economic Effects
  • ♦3. Definitions
• ►2. Access Management Criteria
  • ►1. Access Management Classification System
    • ♦Classification Overview
  • ►2. Application of Access Criteria
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Application of the Criteria
    • ♦Sale of TxDOT Controlled Access
    • ♦Access Management Coordination with Municipalities
    • ♦Approval of Existing Access and Additional Access Requests
    • ♦Deviation Process (TxDOT as Permitting Authority)
    • ♦Median Openings
    • ♦Emergency Access
    • ♦Field Drives
  • ►3. New Highways on New Alignments
    • ♦Purpose and Functional Criteria
  • ►4. Freeway Mainlanes
    • ♦Purpose and Functional Criteria
  • ►5. Frontage Roads
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Application of the Criteria
    • ♦Connection Spacing Criteria for Frontage Roads
  • ►6. Other State System Highways
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Connection Spacing Criteria
    • ♦Corner Clearance
  • ►7. Auxiliary Lanes
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Functional Criteria
• ►3. Administrative Procedures
  • ►1. Approval Process for Local Guidelines
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Application Local Access Management Plans (TxDOT as Permitting Authority)
    • ♦Application Local Access Management Plans (Municipality as Permitting Authority)
    • ♦Assumption of Permitting Function Optional
    • ♦Engineering Access Locations
    • ♦Deviation Process (Municipality as Permitting Authority)
    • ♦Submission of Local Access Management Plans
  • ►2. Dispute Resolution
    • ♦Dispute Resolution Process (TxDOT as Permitting Authority)
    • ♦Data Requirements for Final Administrative Resolution (Design Division)
  • ►3. Corridor Access Management Plans
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Functional Criteria
  • ►4. Engineering Analysis
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Early Coordination
    • ♦Concurrence with Local Guidelines
    • ♦Questions to Consider
    • ♦Engineering Study versus Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA)
    • ♦Requirements for Engineering Studies and TIAs
    • ♦Examples of Levels of Engineering Studies

Manual Notice: 2004-1

From: Ken Bohuslav, P.E.

Manual: Access Management Manual

Effective Date: June 01, 2004

Purpose

This manual is intended to provide guidance for access location determination and procedures for municipalities to be granted permitting authority to the state highway system.

Instructions

The access management procedures described in this manual are applicable to all classes of state highways. This revision is intended to correct typographical errors.

Contents

This manual includes chapters on general access management descriptions, access management criteria, administrative procedures, and reference material.

Contact

For general comments and suggestions for future revisions of this manual, contact the Design Division, Roadway Design Section.

Archives

Past manual notices are available in a pdf archive.