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Engineering Division
Office of Design

HDM Chapter 8 - Highway Drainage

Purpose:

Chapter 8 of the Highway Design Manual provides guidance on the issues that designers should take into consideration regarding highway drainage.

Chapter 8 - Highway Drainage The preceding document link requires Adobe Reader (Revised 5/31/18)
(Errata 4/8/22, EB 22-0220)
Appendix A - Highway Drainage The preceding document link requires Adobe Reader (Revised 12/02/14)
Appendix B - NYSDOT Design Requirements and Guidance For State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) General Permit For Construction Activity The preceding document link requires Adobe Reader (Revised 01/15/15)

Standard Sheets:
Excavation and Embankment (203 Series Standard Sheets)
Controlled Low Strength Material (CLSM) (204 Series Standard Sheets)
Soil Erosion and Sediment Control (209 Series Standard Sheets)
Culverts and Storm Drains (603 Series Standard Sheets)
Drainage Structures (604 Series Standard Sheets)
Underdrains (605 Series Standard Sheets)
Curbing, Curb and Gutters (609 Series Standard Sheets)
Paved Gutters (624 Series Standard Sheets)
Frames, Grates and Covers (655 Series Standard Sheets)


Design Details for Structural Invert Paving of Culverts:

Mesh Paved Culvert RepairThe preceding document link requires Adobe Reader  (Updated March 2019)
Culvert Repair DetailsThe preceding document link requires Adobe Reader  (Updated March 2019)
Culvert Repair TablesThe preceding document link requires Adobe Reader  (Updated March 2019)
Download Microstation Files (Zipped file < 1.0 MB) The preceding document link is a zip file  (Updated March 2019)


Related Official Issuances:

NY Historical Floods - Maximum Known Stages..of New York Streams: 1865-1989, Location Maps, and Flood Levels
Drainage Structures - These tables list the standard drainage structures as shown on Standard Sheet M604-5 The preceding document link requires Adobe Reader
Approved Standard (603.) Pay Items for Pipes


Resource Links:

 

NYSDOT Drainage Report Shell The preceding document link requires Microsoft Office Word
Non-NYSDOT Drainage Report Shell The preceding document link requires Microsoft Office Word
NYSDOT Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) Shell The preceding document link requires Microsoft Office Word
Non-NYSDOT Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) Shell The preceding document link requires Microsoft Office Word
DEC - New York State Stormwater Technical Standards The preceding external link opens a new browser window
FHWA - Hydraulics Publications The preceding external link opens a new browser window
USACE - Hydrologic Engineering Center The preceding external link opens a new browser window
NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service  The preceding external link opens a new browser window
NOAA's National Weather Service - Precipitation Frequency Information The preceding external link opens a new browser window
EPA - Stormwater Publications The preceding external link opens a new browser window
USGS - U.S. Geological Survey The preceding external link opens a new browser window

 

 

 


 

NYS Department of Transportation
Design Division - Design Quality Assurance Bureau