VDOT GOVERNANCE DOCUMENT
Location and Design Division
Issued January 2005 - July 2023
The most recent version of the Road Design Manual is presented. This version supersedes all previous versions and incorporates all previous revisions. All future revisions will be incorporated into this online version and detailed in the “Revisions” folder. Much of the information in this new edition has been shifted between chapters to reflect the concurrent engineering process. There is also some shifting in page numbering. For example, page 2D-15 in the previous edition is now 2D-14.
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Preface | Index | Read Me File
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Note: Reference to all Metric Units have been removed.
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Last updated: November 2, 2023