Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 205 - County Trunk Highway Standards › Section Trans 205.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Average daily traffic" or "ADT" means
			 the average 24-hour traffic volume during a stated period divided by the number
			 of days in that stated period; unless otherwise specified, the stated period is
			 one year.
(2) "Bridge design load"
			 means the maximum vehicle loading that a bridge is designed to accommodate
			 without exceeding the allowable working capacity of any structural member or
			 group or system of structural members.
(3) "Design speed" means the maximum safe
			 speed that can be maintained over a specified section of highway when
			 conditions are so favorable that the design features of the highway
			 govern.
(5) "Functional
			 classification" has the meaning set forth in ch. Trans 76.
Note: Chapter Trans 76 was repealed.
(6) "HS20" has the meaning set forth in the
			 American association of state highway and transportation officials (AASHTO)
			 standard specifications for highway bridges, 13th edition 1983, as amended by
			 interim specifications-bridges 1984 and 1985, published by AASHTO.
Note: The AASHTO standard specifications for highway bridges
				are available from AASHTO, 444 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
				20001. Copies of the relevant portion of the AASHTO standard are on file at the
				offices of the department of transportation, secretary of state, and
				legislative reference bureau.
(6m) "Region director" means a Wisconsin
			 department of transportation, division of transportation system development,
			 region office director.
Note: The department of transportation region offices and
				addresses are as follows:
Northwest Region
Superior
1701 N. Fourth Street
Superior 54880
Eau Claire
718 W. Clairemont Avenue
Eau Claire 54701
North Central Region
Rhinelander
510 N. Hanson Lake Road
Rhinelander 54501
Wisconsin Rapids
1681 Second Avenue S.
Wisconsin Rapids 54495
Northeast Region
Green Bay
944 Vanderperren Way
Green Bay 54304
Southwest Region
Madison
2101 Wright Street
Madison 53704
LaCrosse
3550 Mormon Coulee Road
LaCrosse 54601
Southeast Region
Waukesha
141 NW Barstow Street
Waukesha 53188
(7)
			 "Regional engineer" means a Wisconsin department of transportation division of
			 highways central office design chief road design engineer.
(8) "Rehabilitation" means replacing a major
			 structural element of an existing highway to extend its service life for a
			 substantial period of years and to enhance safety.
(9) "Restoration" means returning an existing
			 highway to an acceptable condition to extend its service life for a substantial
			 period of years and to enhance safety.
(10) "Resurfacing" means installing new or
			 additional layers of surfacing on existing highway pavement to extend its
			 service life for a substantial period of years and to enhance safety.
(11) "Roadway" means the portion of a
			 highway, including shoulders, for vehicular use.
Note: Under this definition, a divided highway has 2 or more
				roadways.
(12) "Shoulder"
			 means that portion of a roadway that is contiguous to the traveled way and is
			 used primarily for vehicle stopping in an emergency.
(13) "Traveled way" means the portion of the
			 roadway designed for movement of vehicles, exclusive of the
			 shoulders.