REV.

2-1-12: ADDED OPTIONAL

PEDESTRIAN RAIL.

CENTRAL ISLAND R.O.W. WIDTH VARIES REV. 6-15-12: RENAMED SHEET FROM
WIDTH VARIES RD-TS-10. ADDED NOTE M.
6’-10’ 2.5’ TRAFFIC LANE TRAFFIC LANE 2.5’ 2’-5’ S.W.
3 6’ MIN
TRUCK VARIES VARIES VAR. VAR. REV. 01-07-19: REVISED NOTE NO. 5 .
GRASS STRIP APRON REDREW SHEET.
APPROACH
6:
1MAX. R.
VA WIDTH
FINISHED GRADE 1’
BICYCLE EXIT RAMP.
LANDSCAPING 0.
02F/
F 0.
02F/
F SEE STANDARD
DRAWING RP-R-2.
5 NONMOUNTABLE CURB ENTRANCE RAMP
VA
R.
0.01 F/F MIN. SUBGRADE 0.02 F/F SIMILAR (TYP.)
CURB
0.04 F/F MAX.
MOUNTABLE CURB 5 & GUTTER
LANDSCAPE STRIP
3’ OFFSET FROM SPLITTER ISLAND
CHANNELIZATION SEE DETAIL ON STD.
SHARED USE DWG. RP-R-2.
ROUNDABOUT TYPICAL SECTION STRIPING (TYP.)
PATH 6
2 FASTEST PATH CENTRAL ISLAND
R5 MEASUREMENT BEGIN FASTEST PATH B-SPLINE
INTERSECTION SIGHT DISTANCE IS 165’ MIN. PRIOR TO YIELD LINE.
CIRCULATORY (OPTIONAL)
MEASURED BETWEEN AN APPROACHING
ROADWAY WIDTH PEDESTRIAN RAIL
VEHICLE AND OPPOSING VEHICLES IN 2 FASTEST PATH
5’ CURB (TYP)
THE CIRCULATORY ROADWAY AND R2 MEASUREMENT
OFFSET
OTHER ENTRANCES LANDSCAPE STRIP
CIRCULATORY ROADWAY STOPPING 2 FASTEST PATH DEPARTURE
SIGHT DISTANCE IS MEASURED R3 MEASUREMENT FASTEST PATH 2 WIDTH SIDEWALK
EXIT ENTRY
AS A VEHICLE TRAVERSES THE R1 MEASUREMENT
WIDTH WIDTH
CIRCULATORY ROADWAY
FASTEST VEHICLE
PATH
5’ CURB
d
1 OFFSET
(TYP.)

d2
6’

* *
*
5’
d DISTANCE =
STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE 9 MEASUREMENT TO CHECK
d EXIT WIDTH / 2
TO CROSSWALK AT EXIT IS FOR PATH OVERLAP. THIS LINE PEDESTRIAN
APPROACH STOPPING MEASURED FROM ENTERING TO BE 40’ OR GREATER. PHI ANGLE REFUGE AREA
SIGHT DISTANCE IS VEHICLE TO CROSSWALK
MEASUREMENT
MEASURED FROM INSCRIBED CIRCLE
YIELD LINE
APPROACHING VEHICLE d = STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE (SSD) DIAMETER (ICD)
TO YIELD LINE OR 2 FASTEST PATH DISTANCE = ENTRY WIDTH / 2
d1 = ENTERING STREAM SSD
R4 MEASUREMENT TRUCK APRON
CROSSWALK.
d2 = CIRCULATING STREAM SSD
ANGLE MEASURED SHOULD BE DIVIDED
LINE OF SIGHT *BY 2 TO OBTAIN PHI ANGLE EXIT RADIUS
ENTRY RADIUS

1
ROUNDABOUT SIGHT DISTANCE ROUNDABOUT DESIGN CHECKS
**
CROSSWALK MARKINGS
MAY BE OMITTED AT RURAL

DESIGN STANDARDS DESIGN NOTES 7 BEGINNING OF

LOCATIONS WHERE SIDEWALK
IS NOT PRESENT.
BICYCLE LANE
FOR SINGLE LANE ROUNDABOUTS 1 FASTEST PATH CHECKS SHOULD BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO INTERSECTION SIGHT DISTANCE BEING CHECKED.
STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE AND INTERSECTION SIGHT DISTANCE SHOULD BE CHECKED FOR ALL APPROACHES.
NOTES REFER TO "ROUNDABOUTS; AN INFORMATIONAL GUIDE," FHWA, 2000 AND RD01-SD-1 THRU 7 FOR ADDITIONAL
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URBAN RURAL
GUIDANCE.

SEE FHWA 2 CONSTRUCT A B-SPLINE (SHOWN AS DASHED LINE) FOR THE THROUGH, LEFT TURN, AND RIGHT TURN MOVEMENTS.
DESIGN SPEED 20 MPH 30 MPH
EXHIBIT 6-4 B-SPLINE SHOULD TOUCH THE 5’ CURB OFFSETS AT THE POINTS INDICATED FOR THE R1, R2, R3, R4 AND R5 TYPICAL PLAN VIEW OF MULTI-LANE ROUNDABOUT
MEASUREMENTS. MEASURE THE RADIUS OF THE B-SPLINE AT EACH POINT. MEASUREMENT SHOULD BE BETWEEN
INSCRIBED CIRCLE MEASURED FROM CURB 65’ AND 85’ LONG. FOR THE R1 MEASUREMENT, THE RADIUS SHOULD NOT BE MEASURED THROUGH THE YIELD LINE.
150’ - 220’ 165’ - 220’ SEE GENERAL NOTE K
DIAMETER 8 FACE TO CURB FACE
3 PROVIDE 6’ MINIMUM UNOBSTRUCTED HORIZONTAL CLEARANCE FROM THE NON-MOUTABLE CURB TO THE CENTRAL
1.0 - 1.2 TIMES 1.0 - 1.2 TIMES ISLAND LANDSCAPING TO ALLOW FOR CIRCULATORY ROADWAY SIGHT DISTANCE, ACTUAL DISTANCE MAY BE GREATER
CIRCULATORY
THE MAXIMUM THE MAXIMUM AND SHOULD BE DETERMINED AFTER SIGHT DISTANCE CHECKS ARE COMPLETE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 6 FEET.
ROADWAY WIDTH
ENTRY WIDTH ENTRY WIDTH
4 SPLITTER ISLAND SHOULD BE A RAISED MEDIAN WITH CONCRETE HARDSCAPING (PREFERED). SPLITTER ISLAND
24’ - 28’ MEASURED FROM CURB SHOULD EXTEND A MINIMUM OF 50’ FROM THE YIELD LINE. SEE STANDARD DRAWING RP-H-6 FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
ENTRY WIDTH 24’ - 28’
FACE TO CURB FACE
TRUCK
5 FOR MOUNTABLE CURB BETWEEN CIRCULATORY ROADWAY AND TRUCK APRON, SEE STANDARD DRAWING RP-R-2. APRON
ENTRY RADIUS 65’ - 100’ 65’ - 100’ FOR NONMOUNTABLE CURB BETWEEN TRUCK APRON AND CENTRAL ISLAND, SEE STANDARD DRAWING RP-VC-10.

6 SIDEWALK SHALL BE WIDENED TO ACCOMODATE BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS AT ROUNDABOUT (SHARED USE PATH).
SAME AS SAME AS SAME AS 2 2% CROSS SLOPE
EXIT WIDTH SEE STANDARD DRAWING RD-TS-8 FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. % (REQUIRED)
ENTRY WIDTH ENTRY WIDTH ENTRY WIDTH

7 SEE STANDARD DRAWINGS T-M-10, 11 AND 12 FOR SIGNING AND MARKINGS FOR SHARED USE PATHS AND BICYCLE
4% 6H:1V 4% 2%
EXIT RADIUS 200’ - 1000’ 200’ - 1000’ LANES.
MAX. MAX. MAX.
EL
8 ASSUMES APPROXIMATELY 90-DEGREE ANGLES BETWEEN ENTRIES AND NO MORE THAN FOUR ENTRIES TO THE FTRAV
O
APPROACH/DEPARTURE WIDTH OF WIDTH OF DOES NOT INCLUDE TON
I
ROUNDABOUT. REC
APPROACHING LANE APPROACHING LANE BIKE LANE OR GUTTER N
I DI
WIDTH CIRCULATORY AX.
4%M
9 PATH OVERLAP SHOULD BE MEASURED AT THE ENTRANCE AND EXITS OF MULTI-LANE ROUNDABOUTS. LINE SHOULD BE ROADWAY
DAILY SERVICE VOLUME (WITH CAPACITY ANALYSIS) APPROXIMATELY 45,000 VEH/DAY DRAWN TANGENT TO THE CENTER OF THE ENTRANCE/EXIT AND CIRULATORY ROADWAY.

GENERAL NOTES »
MINOR REVISION -- FHWA
APPROVAL NOT REQUIRED
A FOR SPECIFIC CONDITIONS NOT COVERED ON THIS SHEET, REFERENCE SHOULD BE MADE TO G USE OF A RIGHT-TURN BYPASS LANE MAY BE WARRANTED FROM THE ROUNDABOUT TRAFFIC MODEL.
"A POLICY ON GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS AND STREETS", AASHTO, 2001.
H ROUNDABOUT APPROACHES WITH SPEEDS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE CONSIDERED HIGH SPEED
B REFERENCE SHOULD BE MADE TO "ROUNDABOUTS: AN INFORMATIONAL GUIDE", FHWA, 2000. APPROACHES. REFER TO SECTION 6.5 OF THE "ROUNDABOUTS: AN INFORMATIONAL GUIDE", FHWA, STATE OF TENNESSEE
REFERENCE SHOULD ALSO BE MADE TO THE "ROADSIDE DESIGN GUIDE", AASHTO, 2002. 2000 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON DESIGN OF ROUNDABOUTS WITH HIGH SPEED APPROACHES.
CIRCULATORY ROADWAY SLOPES STANDARD

C THIS STANDARD DRAWING IS INTENDED TO BE USED AS GUIDANCE FOR THE DESIGN OF MULTI - LANE I MINI ROUNDABOUTS, TRAFFIC CIRCLES, AND ROTARIES ARE NOT CONSIDERED ROUNDABOUTS AND DRAWING
NOTE: TRUCK APRON CROSS SLOPE SHOULD MATCH
URBAN AND RURAL ROUNDABOUTS. FOR SINGLE LANE DESIGNS, SEE STANDARD DRAWING RD-TS-9. SHOULD NOT BE DESIGNED TO THE STANDARDS ON THIS DRAWING. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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CIRCULATORY ROADWAY CROSS SLOPE OR MAY BE

INCREASED UP TO 4 PERCENT MAX.
D TRUCK TURNING TEMPLATES SHOULD BE PERFORMED ON ALL TURNING MOVEMENTS WITHIN THE J ROADWAY SHOULDERS AND BICYCLE LANE SHALL END PRIOR TO THE CIRCULATORY ROADWAY.
ROUNDABOUT. A WB-62 VEHICLE SHOULD BE USED WHERE APPROPRIATE.
DESIGN STANDARDS
K FOR ROUNDABOUT CONSTRUCTION DETAILS, SEE STANDARD DRAWING RP-R-2.
E STANDARD AASHTO GUIDELINES FOR ISLAND DESIGN SHOULD BE FOLLOWED FOR SPLITTER ISLAND
FOR
DESIGNS, INCLUDING LARGER NOSE RADII AT APPROACH CORNERS AND OFFSETTING CURB LINES AT L OPTIONAL PEDESTRIAN RAIL SHALL NOT CAUSE A CONFLICT WITH INTERSECTION SIGHT DISTANCE.
THE APPROACH ENDS OF THE SPLITTER ISLAND.
MULTI-LANE
M SEE T-M-17 FOR MARKING DETAILS.
F MAXIMUM LONGITUDINAL GRADE IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL THROUGH THE CIRCULATORY
URBAN AND RURAL
ROADWAY SHALL BE 4 PERCENT.
ROUNDABOUTS

NOT TO SCALE
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