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Design Bulletins Please be advised that updates and/or supplemental information to the Highway Geometric Design Guide 1995, updated 1999, are issued by the department as Design Bulletins. Complete new/updated and detailed Design Bulletins are available from the department website. |
Superseded and obsolete drawings can be found on Highway Geometric Design Guide – Inactive figures |
Figure No. | Figure Description |
Miscellaneous | |
Functional Classification - Existing Conditions Map | |
Highway Service Classification Map (PDF) | |
National Highway System of Alberta Map (PDF) | |
Roadside Management Classification Map | |
Chapter C | |
C-6.0 | Centreline to Centreline Spacing for New Rural Divided Highways in Alberta |
C-9.3.1 | Clearance Box for Railway Overpass |
C-9.3.2 | Minimum Clearance Box for Railway Underpass and Grade Separation |
C-9.3.3 | Typical Details of Highway Grade Separation for RAD-412.4 |
C-8.1c | Pavement Sideslope at Various Stages of "New Construction" Projects for RFD / RAD 616.6, RFD / RAD 282.4, RAU 283, RAU 282 and RAU 281 |
C-8.1d | Pavement Sideslope at Various Stages of "Widening" Type Projects for RFD / RAD 616.6, RFD/RAD 412.4, RAU 283, RAU 282, and RAU 281 |
C-8.1e | Pavement Sideslope at Various Stages of "New Construction" Projects for RAU / RCU 280, RAU / RCU 209 and RCU 208 |
C-8.1f | Pavement Sideslope at Various Stages of "Widening" Type Projects for RAU / RCU 280, RAU / RCU 209 and RCU 208 |
C-8.1g | Typical Pavement Design for Four-Lane Divided Hwy RFD-412.4-130 & RAD-412.4-120 |
C-8.2a | Standard Cross-Section for Six-Lane Divided Highway RFD / RAD-616.6-130 |
C-8.2b | Standard Cross-Section for Four-Lane Divided Highway RFD-412.4-130 & RAD-412.4-120 |
C-8.2c | Standard Cross-Section for RAU-213-130 / 120 |
C-8.2d | Standard Cross-Section for RAU-212-120 / 110 |
C-8.2e | Standard Cross-Section for RAU-211-110 |
C-8.2f | Standard Cross-Section for RAU-210-110 |
C-8.2g | Standard Cross-Section for RAU / RCU-209-110 |
C-8.2h | Standard Cross-Section for RAU-208-110 / 100 |
C-8.2i | Standard Cross-Section for RCU-208-110 / 100 |
C-8.2j | Standard Cross-Section for RLU-210G-100 |
C-8.2k | Standard Cross-Section for Service Roads RLU-208G-90 |
C-8.2l | Standard Cross-Section for RCU-211L-110 |
C-8.2m | Standard Cross-Section for RCU-208P-80 (Highway Within Provincial Park Boundary) |
C-8.2n | Standard Cross-Section Through Muskeg or Adjacent to Open Water on 2-Lane Undivided Highways |
C-8.2o | Standard Cross-Section in Rock Cut on Two-Lane Undivided Highways |
C-8.2p | Standard Cross-Section Using Modified Subgrade for RAU / RCU-210-110 |
C-8.2q | Standard Cross-Section Using Modified Subgrade for RAU / RCU-209-110 |
Chapter E | |
E.1.1 | Design Standards of Exit & Entrance Terminals for Divided Highways at Interchanges |
E.1.2 | Details of Entrance Terminals on Divided Highways at Interchanges |
E.1.3 | Details of Exit Terminals on Divided Highways at Interchanges |
Chapter F | |
F-2.1.1 | Typical Safety Rest Area On Existing Divided Highways Stage I (Basic) |
F-2.1.2 | Typical Safety Rest Area On Existing Divided Highways Stage II |
F-2.1.3 | Typical Safety Rest Area On Existing Divided Highways Stage III |
F-2.1.4 | Typical Safety Rest Area On Existing Divided Highways Stage IV |
F-2.2.1 | Typical Safety Rest Area On Undivided Highways (Future Twinning on Same Side) |
F-2.2.2 | Typical Safety Rest Area On Undivided Highways (Future Twinning On Opposite Side) |
F-2.3.1 | Typical Safety Rest Area On Two Lane Highway (20 Year AADT > 3000) |
F-2.3.2 | Typical Safety Rest Area On Two Lane Highways (20 Year AADT < 3000) |
F-2.3.3 | F-2.3.3 Typical Safety Rest Area on Two Lane Highways For Log Haul Routes (20 Year AADT < 3000) |
F-3.1 | Roadside Turnouts for Highload / Wide load Use (Near Point of Origin) |
Chapter G | |
G-1.1 | Suggested Minimum Roadway Width for Rural Highways in Alberta (shown in terms of existing AADT) |