Office of Operations
21st Century Operations Using 21st Century Technologies

Rural Interstate Corridor Communications Study
Report to States

Appendix D. Utility Accommodation References and Best Practice

A Policy on the Accommodation of Utilities Within Freeway Right-of-Way, 5th Edition; AASHTO, 2005: https://bookstore.transportation.org/item_details.aspx?ID=93

A Guide for Accommodating Utilities within Highway Right-of-Way, 4th Edition; AASHTO, 2005: https://bookstore.transportation.org/Item_details.aspx?id=95

AASHTO Guidance on Sharing Freeway and Highway Rights-of-Way for Telecommunications, 1997: https://bookstore.transportation.org/item_details.aspx?ID=97

AASHTO Subcommittee on Right of Way and Utilities: http://rightofway.transportation.org/?siteid=61

FHWA Subsurface Utility Engineering Site: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/programadmin/sueindex.cfm

FHWA Program Guide – Utility Relocation and Accommodation on Federal Aid Highway Projects, 2003:  https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/utilguid/index.cfm

Guidance on Longitudinal Telecommunications Installations on Limited Access Highway Right-of-Way, December 22, 2000: http://www.its.dot.gov/telecom/tele_srguide.htm

Background Guidance on Longitudinal Telecommunications Installations on Limited Access Highway Right-of-Way, December 20, 2000: http://www.its.dot.gov/telecom/tele_srbackground.htm

North Dakota Policy for Accommodation of Utilities on State Rights of Way: http://www.dot.nd.gov/manuals/environmental/policy-utilities-state-row.pdf

Oregon Highway/Utility Guide, 2003: http://joancsymons.com/RUSTools/highway_utility_guide.pdf

FHWA Survey: Compensation for Telecommunications in Controlled Access Right-of-Way (23 states) : https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/REALESTATE/aashto2006/comtelcoacrow.htm

Utility Corridor Structures And Other Utility Accommodation Alternatives In TXDOT Right Of Way; 2002: http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/4149-1.pdf

Longitudinal Occupancy of Controlled Access Right-of-way by Utilities
By Ronald L. Williams, National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Published by Transportation Research Board, 1996
ISBN 0309058678, 9780309058674

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