• ♦Manual Notice 2003-1
• ►1. Introduction
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Purpose of Manual
    • ♦Users of Manual
    • ♦Training
    • ♦Experience
    • ♦References
  • ►2. Responsibilities
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Traffic Operations Division
    • ♦Bridge Division
    • ♦Design Division
    • ♦Districts
• ►2. Lighting Systems, Highway Eligibility, and Warrants
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Types of Lighting Systems
    • ♦Eligibility and Warrants
    • ♦Submitting Substantiating Data
    • ♦Process Summary
  • ►2. Continuous Lighting
    • ♦Description
    • ♦Eligibility
    • ♦Warrants
    • ♦Specially Funded Projects
  • ►3. Safety Lighting
    • ♦Description
    • ♦Eligibility
    • ♦Warrants
    • ♦Continuous Lighting Classified as Safety Lighting
  • ►4. Bikeway and Pedestrian Way Lighting
    • ♦Eligibility and Warrant
    • ♦Adjacent Roadway Lighting
  • ►5. Systems Financed, Installed, and Operated by Other Agencies
    • ♦TxDOT Policy
    • ♦Guidelines
• ►3. Master Lighting Plans
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Definition
    • ♦Benefits
  • ►2. Plan Development
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Participants
    • ♦Groups Having Concerns about Lighting
  • ►3. Goals of a Master Lighting Plan
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Improved Safety
    • ♦Environmentally Judicious Use of Resources
    • ♦Judicious Energy Use
    • ♦Attracting Tourists, Businesses, and Nighttime Activities
    • ♦Planned Maintenance
  • ►4. Lighting Curfews
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Background
    • ♦Reasons for Curfews
    • ♦Considerations Before Implementation
  • ►5. Electrical and Lighting Management Systems
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Cost
    • ♦Benefits
    • ♦Benefits of ELMS Standardization
  • ►6. Conducting Studies
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Electrical System
    • ♦Purpose of Lighting System
    • ♦Benefits and Effects of Curfews and Dimming
    • ♦Traffic Studies
    • ♦Surrounding Land Use and Surrounding Lighting
    • ♦Security Concerns
    • ♦Sky Glow and Light Trespass
    • ♦Community Goals
    • ♦Coordination with Navigation Authorities
    • ♦Traffic Management Interaction
    • ♦Controls
    • ♦Curfew Monitoring
    • ♦ELMS Implementation
    • ♦Coordination with Roadway Maintenance and Construction Activities
    • ♦Budget
• ►4. Lighting Agreements
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Initiation of Agreement
    • ♦Excess Costs
    • ♦Modification of Standard Agreements
    • ♦City Ordinance or Resolution
    • ♦Order of Commissioners Court
    • ♦City (or County) Secretary’s Certificate
    • ♦Quotation on Plan Title Sheet
    • ♦Safety Lighting and Traffic Signal Installation
    • ♦Safety Lighting Incorporated into a Continuous System
    • ♦Default
    • ♦More Information
  • ►2. Continuous Lighting
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦100 Percent Agreement
    • ♦50-50 Agreement
  • ►3. Safety Lighting
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Two Types of Agreements
• ►5. Lighting Equipment
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Specifications
    • ♦AASHTO Guidelines
    • ♦IESNA Guidelines
    • ♦Non-standard Lighting
  • ►2. Light Sources
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Incandescent Lamps
    • ♦Electric Discharge Lamps
    • ♦Electric Discharge Lamp Types
    • ♦High-Intensity Discharge Lamps
    • ♦Best Choice
    • ♦Spectral Energy Distribution Comparison
  • ►3. Luminaires
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Conventional Luminaires
    • ♦Mounting of Luminaires
    • ♦Cutoff
    • ♦Light Distribution Patterns
    • ♦Underpass Luminaires
    • ♦High Mast Lighting
  • ►4. Support Hardware
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Roadway Illumination Assembly
    • ♦Non-Breakaway Support
    • ♦Breakaway Support
    • ♦Transformer Base
    • ♦Breakaway Connectors
  • ►5. Other Equipment
    • ♦Electrical Services
    • ♦Other Electrical Equipment
    • ♦Other Lighting Equipment
• ►6. Lighting Design and Layout
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Project Design Procedures
    • ♦Project Lead Time
    • ♦Joint Usage Encouraged
    • ♦Luminaires on Traffic Signal Poles
    • ♦Circuits Crossing Bridges
    • ♦Railroad Crossings
  • ►2. Illumination Levels
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Continuous Lighting
    • ♦Safety Lighting
    • ♦Tunnels
    • ♦Sidewalks and Bikeways
    • ♦Other Types of Lighting
    • ♦Additional Information
  • ►3. Plan Standards
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Scale of Plans
    • ♦Boring Logs
    • ♦Standard Plan Symbols
    • ♦Typical Plan Layout
  • ►4. Conventional vs. High Mast Lighting
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Installation Costs
    • ♦Maintenance Costs
    • ♦Some Deciding Considerations
    • ♦High Mast Systems Recommended
    • ♦High Mast Systems and Light Trespass
    • ♦High Mast Design and Layout
  • ►5. Glare and Sky Glow Issues
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Choice of Luminaires
    • ♦Luminaire Modification
    • ♦Resources
  • ►6. Spacing of Light Poles
    • ♦Standard Spacing for Freeways and Complete Interchange Lighting
    • ♦Standard Spacing for Roadways Other than Freeways
    • ♦Merge and Diverge Lanes
    • ♦Lighting Near Overpasses
    • ♦Determining Mounting Height
    • ♦Transition Lighting
  • ►7. Pole Placement Guidelines
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Clear Zone
    • ♦House Side vs. Median Mounting
    • ♦Two Types of Poles
    • ♦Breakaway Poles Preferred
    • ♦When Not To Use Breakaway Poles
    • ♦Protection of Non-breakaway Poles
    • ♦Placement of Non-breakaway Poles
    • ♦Falling Area for Breakaway Poles
    • ♦Use and Placement of Breakaway Poles
    • ♦House Side Lighting
    • ♦Median Lighting
    • ♦Median Lighting Design Examples
    • ♦Avoid Channelizing Islands
    • ♦Breakaway Pole Placement Examples
    • ♦Minimum Values
    • ♦Poles in Sidewalks
    • ♦Foundation Height
    • ♦Striking Height
    • ♦Breakaway Pole Frangibility
• ►7. Electrical Systems
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦National Electrical Code
    • ♦Electrical Details
  • ►2. Electrical Service
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Typical Service Types
    • ♦Circuit Length Limits
    • ♦Separate Electrical Service for Signs
    • ♦Where Service Does Not Exist
  • ►3. Circuit Design
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Voltage Drop
    • ♦Conductors and Conduit Size
    • ♦Conduit Run Length
    • ♦Overcurrent Protection
    • ♦Electrical Service Equipment Sizes
    • ♦Grounding Conductor Size
  • ►4. Calculating Voltage Drop
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Maximum Allowable Voltage Drop
    • ♦Formula
    • ►Current in the Run
• ►8. Temporary Lighting
  • ►1. Design and Layout
    • ♦Purpose
    • ♦Difference Between Temporary and Work Zone Lighting
    • ♦Special Considerations
    • ♦Types of Temporary Lighting
    • ♦Illumination Levels
    • ♦Electrical System Integrity
    • ♦Placement of Light Poles
    • ♦Installation
    • ♦Plans and Specifications
  • ►2. Financing
    • ♦General
    • ♦Method of Payment
    • ♦Reusable Equipment
• ►9. Construction and Maintenance Guidelines
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Consistency
    • ♦Assistance
  • ►2. Review and Approval of Shop Drawings
    • ♦District Review and Approval
    • ♦For Purchase Requisition
    • ♦Breakaway Poles
    • ♦High Mast Lighting
    • ♦Copies to Materials and Tests Section
    • ♦Marking of Shop Drawings
  • ►3. Breakaway Light Poles
    • ♦Frangibility Requirement
    • ♦Structural Requirement
    • ♦Replacement Guidelines
    • ♦New Installation Guidelines
    • ♦Relocated Poles
    • ♦Poles Placed by Maintenance Forces
    • ♦Guidelines Apply to Cities
    • ♦Review of Shop Drawings
    • ♦Identifying Transformer Bases
    • ♦Striking Height
    • ♦Anchor Bolts
  • ►4. Group Relamping
    • ♦Background
    • ♦Advantages
    • ♦Strategy
    • ♦Cleaning Luminaires
  • ►5. High Mast Lighting Inspection and Servicing
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Documentation (Inspection Form)
    • ♦Items to Inspect
    • ♦Replacing Fixtures
    • ♦Responsibility of Cities
    • ♦Assistance
  • ►6. Other Maintenance Considerations
    • ♦Duct Cable
    • ♦Grout
    • ♦Rehabilitation of Old Circuits
    • ♦Maintenance Level of Service
    • ♦Maintenance Responsibilities of Cities
    • ♦Problems
• ♦A. Forms
• ♦Introduction

Highway Illumination Manual

November 2003

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