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003 - Are You Building On A State Hwy? Do You Need A Permit PDF icon
Price: Free
Brochure explaining the permitting requirements if you are building on a state highway.
004 - Administrative Rules
Price: Free
Regulating Driveways, Banners, and Parades. On and Over Highways.
005 - Aggregate Source Inventory - (2006)
Price: $64.10
Contains sources of aggregate that have been supplied, driving directions to pits.
010 - Average Unit Contract Prices
Price: $5.00
Now issued twice a year only. Issued in January and July. Issued together in English & Metric. Please specify which month when ordering.
012 - Hot Mix Asphalt Production Manual - (2003) PDF icon
Price: $13.85
Describes quality control and quality assurance testing that are to be performed on MDOT projects.
015 - Bridge Analysis Guide (Not available at this time)
Price: $5.00
A guide for engineers to use in determining load capacities of bridges in Michigan.
020 (Insert Only) - Bridge Design Guide - English (2001)
Price: $13.00
Provides details of various structure components that can be duplicated as required on bridge projects.
020 (With Binder) - Bridge Design Guide - English (2001)
Price: $18.48
027 ( Insert Only) - Bridge Design Manual - English (2001)
Price: $19.30
Providers criteria for the design of bridges and the preparation of bridge plans.
027 (With Binder) - Bridge Design Manual - English (2001)
Price: $27.55
035 - Construction Manual - (2003)
Price: $19.00
Guide detailing the organization, authority, and responsibility of project administration. Has sections with instructions on personnel practices, project management, construction surveying, construction inspection and materials sampling.
038 - Construction Warrenties Manual - (2008)
Price: $14.25
Guidelines for administering warrenties on road and bridge construction.
040 - Density Control Handbook - (2007) PDF icon
Price:$12.00
Current edition of all test that MDOT uses for density control testing.        
044 - Design Survey Manual - (2001)
Price: $42.12
Surveying principles for performing design surveys.
045 - Design Drainage Manual - (2006)
Price: $50.20
Provides guidance for the design of highway drainage facilities, hydrology, open channel hydraulics and storm water management.
046 - File Manual for Construction  PDF icon
Web Site Only
Guide for personnel responsible for implementing and maintaining a uniform filing system for MDOT construction projects.
047 - Geometric Design Guide-
Web Site Only
Provides guidance in design plan preparation for rural and urban freeway ramps, interchanges, limited and free access geometrics, along with stopping and passing sight distance. Values are in both English and Metric units and are based on AASHTO and other nationally recognized publications.
048 - Highway Advertising Manual - (2000)
Price: $24.70
A procedural guide of how to regulate billboards and off premises commercial advertising signs. Serves as a record of all the major decisions on how to proceed in problem areas, and the procedures established for MDOT.
050 - Materials Quality Assurance Procedures Manual - (2001)
Price: $13.35
Guidance document for personnel associated with sampling, testing, and inspection of materials used in MDOT and Federal Aid Secondary projects.
055 - Materials Source Guide
Web Site Only
060 - Michigan Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Web Site Only.
Hard copies available from Michigan Technological University (906)487-2102. www.michiganltap.org
061 - Part 6 of the MMUTCD
Price: Free
Excerpt from the MMUTCD, on construction maintenance, utility and emergency operations.
065 - Mich. Structure Inventory & Appraisal Coding Guide - (2003)  PDF icon
Price: $9.87
A guide for Michigan bridge inspectors that constains instructions for structure inventory and appraisal, Form #1717A.
070 - Michigan Test Methods - (2001)  PDF icon
Price: $17.69
Includes the procedures used by MDOT in testing certain materials, equipment or operations. Supplements test methods published by ASTM and AASHTO.
073 - Preconstruction Process Documentation Manual - (2001)
Price: $11.00
Manual contains information and descriptions of task used in the Program/Project Management System. These task are used in the bidding, scheduling, billing and payroll systems for tracking resources and project progress.
074 - Provisions for Jack Construction - (1998) Call Rob Beckon @ (517) 335-2211 for info.
Price: contact Rob Beckon for info @ (517) 335-2211
Permitting, installing and inspecting jacked-in-place and directional-drilled pipe within MDOT right-of-way guide
075 - Procedures for Aggregate Inspection (5th Edition)
Price: $2.25
Procedures for qualifying aggregates for the preparation of road plans. Furnishes procedures for processing.
076 (Insert Only) - Road Design Manual - (2002)
Price: $15.83
Provides criteria for the design of and the preparation of road plans. Furnishes procedures for processing.
076 (With Binder) - Road Design Manual - (2002)
Price: $25.33
080 (Insert Only) - Road and Bridge Standard Plans - (2002) -
Price: $30.00
Standard drawings for the design and construction of road and bridge appurtenances.
080 (With Binder) - Road and Bridge Standard Plans - (2002) -
Price: $38.25
Standard drawings for the design and construction of road and bridge appurtenances.
083 - Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Manual - (2006)
Price: $8.65
Procedural guide for minimizing erosion and sedimentation. Includes reference material, contact names and detail sheets for erosion control devices.
084 - Standard Highway Signs
Web Site Only
090 - Standard Specifications for Construction - (2003)
Price: $14.70
Contains the current written directions, provisions and requirements pertaining to performance of work on MDOT projects. It is the base document controlling a project and is modified by supplemental specifications and special provisions contained in the project proposal.
095 - State Highway Bridge and Grade Separations (Report 44) - (2001-04)  PDF icon
Price: $18.87
List of bridges, grade separations and culverts on Michigan trunk lines or crossing trunk lines. This edition presents structure number, trunk line number, facility of feature crossed. Location, type of structure,number of spans, total length, wearing surface, roadway widths, and vertical clearances.
100 - Work Item Code Book - (2003)
Price: $13.15
Contains alphabetical, numerical and index of standard work item pay code numbers.
110 - Permit Construction Manual - (2000)
Price: $53.35
This manual contains the administering of the permit process of the trunkline right of way with provisions of federal and state laws. It documents specific standards and special conditions to allow use. Indicates proper methods and activities. It describes acceptance or rejections of these items. Serves as a reference of procedural direction or department personnel.


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