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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.

Construction Specifications
Title Date File Type/Size
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 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges 6/15/2012 PDF | 1.6MB
Interim Supplemental Specifications 1/25/2013 PDF | 86KB
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Superseded Publications
Supplemental Specifications to the 1988 Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges (Combined English and Metric Edition) (Combined English and Metric Edition) 2/25/2010 PDF | 1MB
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
Construction Details
Title Date File Type/Size
2012 Construction Standard Details March 2012 PDF | 27MB
2012 Construction Standard Details: Drawing History Index 2012 PDF | 119KB
Notes on Walks and Wheelchair Ramps for Designers and Construction Engineers March 2012 PDF | 140KB
Traffic Management Plans and Detail Drawings HTML link
Standard Drawings for Signs and Supports 1990 PDF | 7MB
Standard Drawings for Traffic Signals and Highway Lighting 1968 PDF | 3.25MB
Superseded Publications
2010 Construction Standard Details (English Edition) 2010 PDF | 13MB
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
Construction and Traffic Standard Details (Metric Edition) 1996 PDF | 7.8MB
1966 Construction Standards 1st Edition (Obsolete) May 1966 PDF | 10MB
Design Guides
Title Date File Type/Size
Project Development & Design Guide 2006 HTML
2009 LRFD Bridge Manual Oct 2009 HTML
2005 Bridge Manual, Revised August 2007 Aug 2007 HTML
CAD Standards   HTML
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices FHWA Link
Massachusetts Amendments to the 2009 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the Standard Municipal Traffic Code May 2012 PDF | 1.9MB
Right of Way Manual 03/30/2012 PDF | 12.2MB
Survey Manual 1996 PDF | 1MB
Historic Parkway Preservation Treatment Guidelines (DCR) Mar 2007 PDF | 28MB
Superseded Publications
Addenda to the 1997 Highway Design Manual Apr 2003 PDF | 2.7MB
Highway Design Manual 1997 PDF | 6.65MB
Miscellaneous Publications
Title Date File Type/Size
English Bid Item Nomenclature List 04/17/2013 PDF | 179KB
Metric Bid Item Nomenclature List 04/17/2013 PDF | 180KB
Diesel Equipment Retrofit HTML
Design Build Procurement Guide 2006 PDF | 206KB
Procedures for Speed Zoning on State and Municipal Roadways 2012 PDF | 2.2MB
Guide Sign Policy for Secondary State Highways 2008 HTML
Identification of Massachusetts Freight Issues and Priorities Nov 1999 PDF | 7.4MB
Vegetation Management Plans
Vegetation Management Plan 2009 - 2013 2009 PDF | 654KB
District 1 Vegetation Management Plan 2012 - 2016 2012 PDF | 452KB
Yearly Operational Plan Districts 2-5, 2013 2013 PDF | 36.5MB
District 6 Vegetation Management Plan 2011 - 2015 2011 PDF | 465KB
Herbicide Alternatives Research Jul-2008 PDF | 8.9MB
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