• ♦Manual Notice 2024-1
• ►1. Pavement
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction to Maintenance Operations
    • ♦Introduction to this Chapter
  • ►2. Routine Pavement Maintenance
    • ♦General Objectives of Pavement Maintenance
    • ♦Pavement Distress
    • ♦Flexible Pavement Distress Maintenance
    • ♦Rigid Pavement Distress Maintenance
  • ►3. Shoulders and Approaches Guidelines
    • ♦General Guidelines for Shoulders and Approaches
    • ♦Shoulders
    • ♦Driveways
  • ►4. Preventive Maintenance Guidelines
    • ♦Importance of Preventive Maintenance
    • ♦Flexible Pavement Preventive Maintenance
    • ♦Options for Rigid Pavements
• ►2. Roadside
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Summary
  • ►2. Litter
    • ♦General Policy
    • ♦Items Found on the Right of Way
    • ♦Litter Inside City Limits
    • ♦Animal Remains
    • ♦Litter Barrels
    • ♦Solid Waste Disposal
    • ♦Sanitary Landfill Operations
    • ♦Adopt-A-Highway Program
  • ►3. Vegetation Management
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Vegetation Management
    • ♦Chemical Selection for Control of Pests
    • ♦Training in Pesticide Application
    • ♦Wildflower Program
    • ♦Brush Control, Tree Removal and Tree Trimming
    • ♦Landscape Agreement
  • ►4. Roadside Drainage
    • ♦General Roadside Drainage Guidelines
    • ♦Maintenance and Repair
    • ♦Erosion Control
  • ►5. Culverts and Storm Drains
    • ♦Maintenance Policy
    • ♦Maintenance and Repair
  • ►6. Safety Rest Areas and Picnic Areas
    • ♦Maintenance
    • ♦Historic Picnic Areas
    • ♦New Safety Rest Areas or Picnic Areas
    • ♦Closing of Safety Rest Areas or Picnic Areas
  • ►7. Guardrail, Barriers and Attenuators
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Guardrail
    • ♦Attenuators
  • ►8. Stockpiles on Right of Way
    • ♦Location of Stockpiles
    • ♦Lease Stockpile Site
  • ►9. Fire Control and Prevention
    • ♦Policy
    • ♦Fireguards
  • ►10. Right of Way Encroachments
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Homeless Encampments
• ►3. Bridges
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Summary
  • ►2. Bridge Maintenance
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Bridge Maintenance Policy
  • ►3. Bridge Inspection
    • ♦Routine Safety Inspections
    • ♦Off-Year Bridge Maintenance Inspection
    • ♦Damage Inspections
    • ♦Program Coordination
    • ♦Completing MBITS Forms
    • ♦Record Retention
    • ♦Where to Find Additional Information
  • ►4. Bridge Maintenance Actions
    • ♦Bridge Joints
    • ♦Bridge Bearings
    • ♦Bridge Drainage
    • ♦Bridge Drains
    • ♦Asphalt Treated Surfaces on Bridges
    • ♦Penetrating Concrete Surface Treatment
    • ♦Washing Bridge Decks
    • ♦Concrete Spall Repair
  • ►5. Measuring Vertical Clearance
    • ♦Measuring Vertical Clearance
    • ♦Clearance Determination
    • ♦Requirements for New Measurements
    • ♦Signs
  • ►6. Bridges Over Navigable Waterways
    • ♦Additional Inspection and Maintenance Requirements
    • ♦Lighting
  • ►7. Ferry Guidelines
    • ♦General Maintenance
    • ♦Regulations
• ►4. Traffic Operations
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Purpose
    • ♦References
    • ♦Other Resources
  • ►2. Signs
    • ♦Maintenance Policy
    • ♦Sign Maintenance Activities
  • ►3. Signals and Illumination
    • ♦Signals
    • ♦Illumination
  • ►4. Pavement Markings and Delineators
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Striping
    • ♦Temporary Markings
    • ♦Pavement Graphics
    • ♦Raised Reflective Pavement Markers
    • ♦Shoulder Texturing Treatments
    • ♦Delineators and Object Markers
• ►5. Emergency Operations
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Summary
  • ►2. Snow and Ice Operations
    • ♦Snow and Ice Control
    • ♦Priority of Work
    • ♦District Plan
    • ♦Snow and Ice Control Methods
    • ♦Road Closures
    • ♦Highway Condition Report (HCR)
    • ♦Railroad Grade Crossing
  • ►3. Emergency Spill Response
    • ♦Background
    • ♦Policy
    • ♦Spill Response
    • ♦Spill Response Preparation
  • ►4. Response to Wildfires
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Request for TxDOT Assistance
    • ♦Functions of TxDOT Employees in Fighting Fires
    • ♦Fireguard Policy
  • ►5. Accidents and Incidents
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Incident Response
    • ♦Spilled Cargo
    • ♦Removal
    • ♦Notification
    • ♦Storage of Property (other than vehicles)
    • ♦Removal of Vehicles
  • ►6. Homeland Security
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Reporting
  • ►7. Bridge Collapse Response
    • ♦Purpose
    • ♦Policy
• ►6. Work For or By Others
  • ►1. Overview of Work For or By Others
    • ♦Overview
  • ►2. Adopt-a-Highway Program
    • ♦Purpose
  • ►3. Park Road and TPWD Facilities Maintenance
    • ♦Background
    • ♦TxDOT Responsibilities
    • ♦TPWD Responsibilities
    • ♦Local Points of Contact
  • ►4. Boat Ramp Maintenance
    • ♦Authority for Maintaining Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Boat Ramps
    • ♦TxDOT Responsibilities
    • ♦TPWD Responsibilities
    • ♦Public Boat Ramp Signs
  • ►5. Airport Maintenance
    • ♦Background
    • ♦Aviation Division Responsibilities
  • ►6. Mental Health and Mental Retardation Facilities Maintenance
    • ♦Policy
    • ♦TxDOT Responsibilities
    • ♦MHMR Responsibilities
    • ♦Local Points of Contact

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Manual Notice: 2024-1

From: James Stevenson, P.E., Director, Maintenance Division

Manual: Maintenance Operations Manual

Effective Date: March 18, 2024

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Purpose

The Maintenance Operations Manual has been revised to reflect policies emergency operations.

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Contents

Chapter 5, Section 1 – Updated the Overview to include a summary for Bridge Collapse Response

Chapter 5, Section 7 – A new Section 7 was added to the manual

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Contact

Address questions concerning information contained in this Manual Notice to Mark Johnson at (512) 221-8993 or mark.j.johnson@txdot.gov.

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Archives

Past manual notices are available in a pdf archive.