♦Manual Notice 2024-1
►1. Pavement
►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
- ►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
- ►5. Airport Maintenance
  - ♦Background
  - ♦Aviation Division Responsibilities
- ►6. Mental Health and Mental Retardation Facilities Maintenance
  - ♦Policy
  - ♦TxDOT Responsibilities
  - ♦MHMR Responsibilities
  - ♦Local Points of Contact

Chapter 6: Work For or By Others

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Section 1: Overview of Work For or By Others

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Overview

The sections in this chapter identify work performed for and by others including:

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Adopt-a-Highway Program

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Texas Parks and Wildlife Parking Lots, Park Roads and Boat Ramp Maintenance

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Routine Airport Maintenance Program (RAMP)

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Mental Health and Mental Retardation Road and Parking Lot Maintenance