UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Table Of Contents

• SI^† (Modern Metric) Conversion Factors
• Errata 1
• 6A. Introduction
• 6B. Fundamental Principles
• 6C. Temporary Traffic Control Elements
  • 6C-1. Traffic Control Plans
  • 6C-2. Definition of Temporary Traffic Control Zone Components
    1. Advance Warning Area
    2. Transition Area
    3. Activity Area
    4. Termination Area
  • 6C-3. Tapers
    1. Merging Taper
    2. Shifting Taper
    3. Shoulder Taper
    4. Downstream Taper
    5. One-Lane, Two-Way Taper
  • 6C-4. Detours and Diversions
  • 6C-5. One-Lane, Two-Way Traffic Control
    1. Flagger Method
    2. Flag Transfer method
    3. Pilot Car Method
    4. Temporary Traffic Signal Method
    5. Stop or Yield Control Method
  • 6C-6. Transit Considerations
• 6D. Pedestrian and Worker Safety
  • 6D-1. Pedestrian Considerations
  • 6D-2. Worker Safety Considerations
• 6E. Hand-Signaling Control
  • 6E-1. Function
  • 6E-2. Qualifications for Flaggers
  • 6E-3. High-Visibility Clothing
  • 6E-4. Hand-Signaling Devices
  • 6E-5. Hand-Signaling Procedures
  • 6E-6. Flagger Stations
• 6F. Types of Devices
  • 6F-1. Signs
    1. Regulatory Signs
    2. Warning Signs
    3. Guide Signs
  • 6F-2. Portable Changeable Message Signs
    1. Design
    2. Application
  • 6F-3. Arrow Displays
    1. Arrow Display Specifications
    2. Arrow Display Application
  • 6F-4. High-Level Warning Devices
  • 6F-5. Channelizing Devices
    1. General
    2. Cones
    3. Tubular Markers
    4. Vertical Panels
    5. Drums
    6. Barricades
    7. Portable Barriers
    8. Temporary Raised Islands
    9. Other Channelizing Devices
  • 6F-6. Markings
    1. Pavement Marker Applications
    2. Interim Markings
    3. Raised Pavement Markers
    4. Delineators
  • 6F-7. Lighting Devices
    1. Function
    2. Floodlights
    3. Flashing Identification Beacons (Flashing Electric Lights)
    4. Steady Burning Electric Lamps
    5. Warning Lights
  • 6F-8. Other Devices
    1. Impact Attenuators
    2. Portable Barriers
    3. Temporary Traffic Signals
    4. Rumble Strips e. Screens
    5. Opposing Traffic Lane Divider
• 6G. Types of Temporary Traffic Control Zone Activities
  • 6G-1. Typical Applications
  • 6G-2. Selecting The Typical Application
    1. Duration of Work
    2. Location of Work
    3. Roadway Type
  • 6G-3. Work Outside The Shoulder
  • 6G-4. Work On The Shoulder
    1. No Encroachment on Traveled Way
    2. Minor Encroachment on Traveled Way
  • 6G-5. Work Within Traveled Way-Rural Two-Lane
    1. Detours
    2. One-Way Traffic Control
  • 6G-6. Work Within Traveled Way-Urban Streets Or Arterial
  • 6G-7. Work Within Traveled Way-Rural Or Urban, Multilane Divided and Undivided, Nonaccess Controlled
    1. Right Lane Closed
    2. Left Lane Closed
    3. Multiple Lanes Closed
    4. Five-Lane Roads
  • 6G-8. Work Within Traveled Way-Intersections
  • 6G-9. Work Within Traveled Way-Freeways
    1. Problem Areas
    2. Two-Lane, Two-Way Traffic on One Roadway of a Normally Divided Highway
    3. Crossovers
    4. Interchanges
  • 6G-10. Control of Traffic Through Incident Areas
• 6H. Application of Devices
  • 6H-1. Typical Applications
  • 6H-2. General Notes
    1. Work Performed on the Roadside (Outside Shoulder)
    2. Work Performed on Shoulders
    3. Mobile and Short-Duration Operations
    4. Lane Closing on Two-Lane Roads
    5. Lane Closing on Multilane Roads
    6. Work Performed in the Vicinity of Intersections
    7. Incident Management Situations
    8. Features That May be Added to the Diagrams
  • 6H-3. Typical Application Diagrams

 

^†SI is the symbol for the International System of Units.