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MassDOT posts most of its manuals, publications and forms on its website. To view the documents listed below, click on the links. If you can't find what you're looking for below, please browse by department.

Title Date File Type/Size
Construction Standard Details (English Edition) 2010 PDF | 13.8mb
2010 Construction Standard Details: Drawing History Index 2010 PDF | 5.3mb
Construction and Traffic Standard Details (Metric Edition) 1996 PDF | 7.8mb
Design Build Procurement Guide 2006 PDF | 206kb
Diesel Equipment Retrofit HTML
1966 Construction Standards 1st Edition (Obsolete) May 1966 PDF | 10mb
2009 LRFD Bridge Manual Oct 2009 HTML
2005 Bridge Manual, Revised August 2007 Aug 2007 HTML
Metric/English Supplemental Drawings
Supplement to the 1996 Metric Edition of the Construction and Traffic Standard Details and the 1977 Mass. Department of Public Works Construction Standards		 Apr 2003 PDF | 5.6mb
Guide Sign Policy for Secondary State Highways 2008 HTML
Herbicide Alternatives Research Jul 2008 PDF | 8.4mb
Highway Design Manual (Metric Edition) 1997 PDF | 6.65mb
Historic Parkway Preservation Treatment Guidelines Mar 2007 PDF | 28mb
Identification of Massachusetts Freight Issues and Priorities Nov 1999 PDF |
Addenda to the 1997 Highway Design Manual
Interim Guidance for Conformance with the AASHTO A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets 2001		 Apr 2003 PDF | 2.7mb
Project Development & Design Guide 2006 HTML
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices FHWA Link
Massachusetts Amendments to the 2003 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the Standard Municipal Traffic Code Oct 2006 PDF | 1.4mb
English Bid Item Nomenclature List Feb 2012 PDF | 178kb
Metric Bid Item Nomenclature List Feb 2012 PDF | 179kb
Procedures for Speed Zoning on State and Municipal Roadways 2005 PDF | 1.7mb
Right of Way Manual 6/2011 PDF | 12.7mb
Standard Drawings for Traffic Signals and Highway Lighting 1968 PDF | 3.25mb
Standard Special Provisions
(English / Metric Units)		 6/3/2011 PDF | 270kb
Standard Specification for Highways and Bridges (English Edition) 1988 HTML
Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (Metric Edition) 1995 PDF | 2.49mb
Supplemental Specifications to the - 1988 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (English Edition) 6/6/2006 PDF | 1.73mb
Supplemental Specifications to the - 1995 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (Metric Edition) 6/6/2006 PDF | 1.41mb
Supplemental Specifications to the - 1988 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (Combined English and Metric Edition) 2/25/2010 PDF | 1mb
Survey Manual (Metric Edition) 1996 PDF | 1mb
Traffic Management Plans and Detail Drawings HTML link
Vegetation Management Plan 2009 - 2013 2009 PDF | 655kb
2011 Yearly Operational Plan (YOP) 2011