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 RS-FB&H/3CS – DDC 433/04 Volume I - Section 1 – Part 4 Page 1 of 355 Functional Road Elements and Surfaces Guidelines for Road Design 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 NETWORK OF MOTORWAY SERVICE FACILITIES – DESIGN GUIDELINES ........................................................................................................283