Bosnia & Herzegovina ROAD DIRECTORATE Public Company FEDERATION OF B&H “REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA ROADS ” Sarajevo Banja Luka

GUIDELINES FOR ROAD DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND SUPERVISION

VOLUME I: DESIGNING

SECTION 1: ROAD DESIGNING

Part 4: FUNCTIONAL ROAD ELEMENTS AND SURFACES

Sarajevo/Banja Luka 2005

University of Ljubljana Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy

Guidelines for Road Design Functional Road Elements and Surfaces

CONTENTS:

1 LEVEL CROSSROADS AND ACCESS POINTS...... 5 1.1 AREA OF APPLICATION...... 5 1.2 DEFINITION OF TERMS ...... 5 1.3 MARKS AND ABREVIATIONS ...... 7 1.4 CRITERIA FOR INTRODUCING AN INTERSECTION OR A POINT OF ACCESS...... 8 1.5 INTERSECTIONS AND POINTS OF ACCESS AT GRADE TYPES...... 9 1.6 TRAFFIC SAFETY AT INTERSECTIONS AND POINTS OF ACCESS...... 25 1.7 PROJECT-TECHNICAL ELEMENTS OF INTERSECTIONS AND POINTS OF ACCESS ...... 27 1.8 TRAFFIC SIGNS AND EQUIPMENT ...... 44 1.9 PUBLIC LIGHTING...... 45 1.10 UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE...... 45 2 SPLIT-LEVEL INTERSECTIONS AND ACCESS POINTS...... 47 2.1 INTRODUCTION...... 47 2.2 KEY TERMS...... 48 2.3 BASIC DIRECTIVES FOR DESIGN OF SPLIT-LEVEL INTERCHANGES AND JUNCTIONS... 50 2.4 BASIC PARAMETERS...... 52 2.5 SYSTEMS OF SPLIT-LEVEL INTERCHANGES AND JUNCTIONS ...... 55 2.6 DESIGN...... 66 2.7 EQUIPMENT...... 92 3 ROUNDABOUTS...... 95 3.1 AREA OF APPLICATION...... 95 3.2 DEFINITIONS...... 95 3.3 MARKINGS, ACRONYMS AND SYMBOLS...... 99 3.4 CHARACTERISTICS OF ROUNDABOUTS...... 100 3.5 ROUNDABOUT CATEGORIES ...... 107 3.6 ROUNDABOUT CAPACITY...... 110 3.7 DETERMINING PROJECT-TECHNICAL ELEMENTS OF A ROUNDABOUT ...... 123 3.8 HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ALIGNMENT OF A ROUNDABOUT ...... 128 3.9 SIGHT DISTANCE...... 131 3.10 TRAFFIC EQUIPMENT ...... 136 3.11 TRAFFIC SIGNS...... 138 3.12 OTHER EQUIPMENT ...... 140 4 RAILROADS CROSSINGS...... 143 4.1 AREA OF APPLICATION...... 143 4.2 DEFINITION OF TERMS ...... 143 4.3 SPATIAL CONDITIONS...... 144 4.4 CONSTRUCTION CONDITIONS ...... 145 4.5 ROAD TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ...... 146 4.6 RAILWAY TRAFFIC CONDITIONS...... 148 4.7 TECHNICAL CONDITIONS ...... 148 4.8 SAFETY CONDITIONS...... 151 4.9 UNPROTECTED LEVEL CROSSINGS...... 154 4.10 PROTECTED LEVEL CROSSINGS ...... 156 4.11 TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS ...... 162 5 PASSING –BY AND TURNING AREAS...... 171 5.1 AREA OF APPLICATION...... 171 5.2 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS ...... 171 5.3 MARKINGS, ACRONYMS AND SYMBOLS...... 172 5.4 PASSING BAYS...... 172 5.5 TURNING SITES...... 173 5.6 TRAFFIC SIGNS AND EQUIPMENT ...... 176

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6 ROAD SURFACES FOR CYCLISTS, PEDESTRIANS AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS ...... 177 6.1 AREA OF APPLICATION ...... 177 6.2 BICYCLE AREAS...... 177 6.3 PEDESTRIAN SURFACES...... 223 6.4 ROAD SURFACES FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS...... 238 7 CONTROL STATIONS ...... 249 7.1 AREA OF APPLICATION ...... 249 7.2 DEFINITION OF TERMS...... 249 7.3 OPERATIONS AT CONTROL STATIONS ...... 250 7.4 SELECTION OF CONTROL STATION LOCATION ...... 250 7.5 PROJECT-TECHNICAL ELEMENTS OF A CONTROL STATION ...... 252 7.6 AREAS AT A CONTROL STATION...... 254 7.7 The area for controlling drivers and vehicles...... 254 7.8 TRAFFIC SIGNS AND EQUIPMENT OF A CONTROL STATION ...... 256 8 BUS STATIONS...... 257 8.1 PODRUČJE PRIMJENE ...... 257 8.2 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS...... 257 8.3 CATEGORISATION OF BUS STOPS...... 257 8.4 PROJECT-TECHNICAL ELEMENTS OF A BUS STOP ...... 258 8.5 TRAFFIC SIGNS AND EQUIPMENT ...... 265 8.6 BUS STOP EQUIPMENT ...... 265 9 PARKINGS AT CARRIAGEWAY...... 267 9.1 AREA OF APPLICATION ...... 267 9.2 TECHNICAL CONDITIONS...... 267 10 REST AND SERVICE AREAS ...... 269 10.1 AREA OF APPLICATION ...... 269 10.2 DEFINITION OF TERMS...... 269 10.3 BASIC POSITIONS FOR DETERMINING TYPES OF SERVICE ACTIVITIES ...... 270 10.4 TYPES OF THE MOTORWAY SERVICE FACILITIES...... 272 10.5 CRITERIA FOR DESIGNING THE SERVICE FACILITIES NETWORK ...... 279 10.6 DESIGN OF THE NET