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All Design Memos issued prior to July 8, 2005 except the following, have been deleted from this list.

Number

Memo Date Effective Date Affected Design Manual Section Subject PDF Files
Policy  Advisory Attachments
08-06 04/18/08 09/04/08, letting Indiana Design Manual Section 83-4.0 Temporary Pavement Markings   Advisory 801-T-165 PDF
08-05 03/18/08 Immediately 17-3.10(04) Temporary Seeding   Advisory  
08-04 03/18/08 Immediately Indiana Design Manual PDP Chapter 14 Section 14-2.04(08) Item 13 and Section 14-2.05(04); Non-PDP Chapter 14 Section 14-2.03(07) Item 9 and Section 14-2.04(04). Bridge Load Rating   Advisory   
08-03 03/18/08 Immediately for Project for which FAA Permit has not yet been applied for 9-3.02 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Tall-Structure Permit   Advisory  
08-02 03/18/08 Immediately ALL Use of Indiana Design Manual, English-Units Version   Advisory  
08-01 03/18/08 See Memo

Part VI

Use of AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications and Indiana Design Manual Part VI, Structural Design Policy    
07-14 12/21/07 Immediately Chapter 14 Plan Development Process   Advisory  
07-13 10/16/07 4/2/08 17-2.09 Structure Backfill and Flowable Backfill   Advisory 211-R-543 PDF
213-R-446 PDF
07-12 10/16/07 Immediately   Pipe-Material-Selection Computer Program   Advisory  
07-11 8/28/07 9/5/07 14-1.02(03) Contract-Preparation Documents to
Contract Administration Division
  Advisory

Utility Cert PDF
Utility Waiver PDF Commitments PDF

07-10

7/26/07

11/14/07

82-2.05

Worksite Increased-Penalty Signs

Advisory

RPD Eng. 801-R-542d
RPD Eng. 801-R-543d RPD Eng. 801-R-544d RPD Met. 801-R-542d
RPD Met. 801-R-543d
RPD Met. 801-R-544d
07-09 4/24/07 Immediately 29-8.04 Rational-Method Formula for Determining Peak Rate of Runoff   Advisory  
07-08 4/12/07 9/06/07 49-6.01 Impact Attenuator Type CR   Advisory  
07-07 4/12/07 Immediately 67-4.03 Bridge Bearing Pads   Advisory  
07-06 3/22/07 9/06/07 72-3.04(03)

Patching Concrete Structures

  Advisory RSP 710-B176
07-05 3/22/07 4/2/07  72-7.0

Treatment of Historic Bridge on Low-Volume Local Road

Policy    
07-04 2/06/07 3/07/07 17-2.9

Backfilling and Video Inspection for Drainage Structures

  Advisory RSP 211-R-534, 714-R-535
715-R-536, 717-R-537,
904-R-538
RPD Eng. 715-R-536d
RPD Met. 715-R-536d
07-03 1/29/07 Immediately  51-1.08

ADA Responsibilities Associated with Sidewalk Improvements

  Advisory  
07-02 1/23/07 Immediately 49-3.06

Roadside Location of Guardrail, Guardrail End Treatments, Impact Attenuators, Light Standards, and Breakaway Sign Supports.

  Advisory  
07-01 1/02/07 Immediately  14-1.02(03)

Contract-Preparation Documents to Contract Administration Division

  Advisory  
06-18 12/27/06 See Memo Part VI

Use of Indiana Design Manual Part VI, Structural Design

Policy    
06-17 12/08/06 Immediately  None

Traffic Signal Equipment to be Removed

  Advisory RSP 202-T-161
06-16 12/08/06 Immediately Fig. 59-5A

Structural-Members Unit Prices

  Advisory  
06-15 12/08/06 6/13/07 Figs. 63-15A through 63-15R

Prestressed-Concrete Box beam Details

  Advisory  
06-14 11/6/06 2/7/07 61-4.06(03)

Structural Expansion Joints

  Advisory RSP 724-B-046
06-13 9/27/06 Immediately varies

Design Memoranda in Website Listings

  Advisory  
06-12 9/20/06 1/10/07 63-4.01

Transformed Beam Section

  Advisory  
06-11 9/15/06 Immediately 18-1.0

Policy for Geotechnical Investigation or Geotechnical Waiver

  Advisory  Geotechnical Policy
06-10 9/14/06 9/6/07

76-3.02(05)

Blue-Retroreflectors Raised Pavement Markers

Policy Advisory  
06-09 9/14/06 1/10/07 17-2.06

Linear Grading

  Advisory RSP 203-R-260
06-07 8/29/06 1/10/07 64-2.01(1) High-Performance Structural Steel   Advisory RSP 711-B-165
06-06 8/18/06 1/10/07 63-7.02 Interior Diaphragms with Prestressed-Concrete Members   Advisory RSP 707-B-171-172-173
RPD Eng. 707-B-173d      RPDMet. 707-B-173d
06-05 8/03/06 Immediately 40-8.04 Level One Design Exception Approval Procedure Policy    

06-04

8/03/06

1/10/07 37-3.03(01)

Temporary Revetment Riprap Check Dam

Advisory

205-R-528

RSP & RPD

06-03 6/01/06 Immediately 14-2.03 and 14-2.04

Development of Bridge Plans

  Advisory  
06-02 4/25/06 9/13/06 17-3.10(07) Pay Unit for Water Pay Items   Advisory  
06-01 4/25/06 9/13/06 17-1.03 Final Quantities Values   Advisory  
05-37 11/28/05 Immediately varies Shoulder Cross Slope and Pavement Section   Advisory Ch.52 Met.Figs
Ch.53-54 Met.Figs
Ch.55 M.Figs
05-35 11/14/05 4/19/06 76-3.02(05) Snowplowable Raised Pavement Marker Castings   Advisory RSP 808-T-151
05-34 11/9/05 3/15/06 49-4.01(05) Concrete Railings and Moment Slabs at Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Wall Systems   Advisory 706-R-504    RSP & RPD
05-33 9/23/05 Immediately varies New and Revised Editable Design Manual Documents   Advisory  
05-32 9/22/05 Immediately 20-2.03 New Estimator Software Pay Item List   Advisory  
05-31 9/9/05 3/15/06 46-11.0 Public Road Approaches and Drives   Advisory RSP 610-R-502
05-30 9/1/05 Immediately 61-5.02 Bridge Deck Overhang Width   Advisory  
05-27 7/28/05 11/16/05 20-2.01 Inputting Data for Cost Estimate   Advisory Inupt Form
05-26 7/28/05 10/19/05 20-2.02(03) Bridge Identification in Pay Item Names   Advisory  
05-22 7/08/05 1/18/06 17-3.10 Seed Mixture CV   Advisory  
05-21 6/27/05 7/18/005 48-1.03 New or Revised Access to the Interstate System   Advisory  
05-20 6/27/05 1/1/06 Table 53-6 Shoulder Width of Multi-Lane Urban Arterial   Advisory  
05-18 6/27/05 11/16/05 7-1.01(04) Mitigation Commitments   Advisory  
05-17 6/13/05 1/18/06 49-6.01 Impact Attenuator Spare Parts Packages   Advisory RSP 601-R-497
05-16 6/02/05 1/18/06 49-5.04(01) Guardrail End Treatment Spare Parts Packages   Advisory RSP 601-R-237
05-14 5/26/05 1/1/06 varies Use of Indiana Design Manual Part VI, Structural Design Policy    
05-07 3/28/05 4/1/05 66-3.02(02)

Maximum allowable stress in H-piles

   
04-17 11/15/04 3/16/05 61-6.01(02)

Retrofit thrie-beam bridge railing

 

Advisory

 
04-05 5/26/04 9/1/04 60-3.02

HS 25 loading for new and replacement bridges

Policy    
03-07 7/02/03 Immediately unknown

Policy for Context Sensitive Solution

Policy    
03-02 03/05/03 9/16/03 NYA

Design Guidelines for Three-Sided Drainage Structures

  Advisory RSP 723-R-282
RSP 723-R-282f
01-14 12/10/01 Immediately unknown Water Main and Sanitary Sewer Construction in Contracts    Advisory  
01-13 11/15/01 Immediately varies Use of English Units in Plan Development    Advisory  
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6/03/98

n/a varies Proposing Changes to Standard Documents or Proposing New Standard Documents