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Memo Number	Issue Date	Subject	Design Manual Revised	Design Manual Ch.-Sec.	Deleted from website	Super-seding Memo	Policy	Advisory	Attachments
06-13	9/27/06	Design Memoranda in Website Listing		varies	STILL ON			Advisory
06-12	9/20/06	Transformed Beam Section		63-4.01	STILL ON			Advisory
06-11	9/15/06	Policy for Geotechnical Investigation or Geotechnical Waiver		18-1.0	STILL ON			Advisory	Geotechnical Policy
06-10	9/14/06	Blue-Retroreflectors Raised Pavement Markers		76-3.02(05)	STILL ON		Policy	Advisory
06-09	9/14/06	Linear Grading		17-2.06	STILL ON			Advisory	RSP 203-R-260
06-08	9/01/06	Contract-Preparation Documents to Contract Administration Division		14-1.02(03)	1/02/07			Advisory
06-07	8/29/06	High-Performance Structural Steel		64-2.01(01)	STILL ON			Advisory	RSP 711-B-165
06-06	8/18/06	Interior Diaphragms with Prestressed-Concrete Members		63-7.02	STILL ON			Advisory	RSP 707-B-171-172-173 RPD Eng. 707-B-173d      RPD Met. 707-B-173d
06-05	8/03/06	Level One Design Exception Approval Procedure		40-8.04	STILL ON		Policy
06-04	8/03/06	Temporary Revetment Riprap Check Dam		37-3.03(01)	STILL ON			Advisory	205-R-528 RSP & RPD
06-03	6/01/06	Development of Bridge Plans		14-2.03  14-2.04	STILL ON			Advisory
06-02	4/25/06	Pay Unit for Water Pay Items		17-3.10(07)	STILL ON			Advisory
06-01	4/25/06	Final Quantities Values		17-1.03	STILL ON			Advisory
Memo Number	Issue Date	Subject	Design Manual Revised	Design Manual Ch.-Sec.	Deleted from website	Super-seding Memo	Policy	Advisory	Attachments
05-38	12/21/05	Errata Corrections to the Indiana Design Manual	July 2006	varies	9/27/06			Advisory
05-37	11/28/05	Shoulder Cross Slope and Pavement Section		varies	STILL ON			Advisory	Ch.52 Met.Figs Ch.53-54 Met.Figs Ch.55 Met. Figs
05-36	11/22/05	English-Units Indiana Design Manual and Additions and Corrections to Manual	July 2006	varies	9/27/06			Advisory
05-35	11/14/05	Snowplowable Raised Pavement Marker Castings		76-3.02(05)	STILL ON			Advisory	RSP 808-T-151
05-34	11/9/05	Concrete Railings and Moment Slabs at Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Wall Systems		49-4.01(05)	STILL ON			Advisory	706-R-504        RSP & RPD
05-33	9/23/05	New and Revised Editable Design Manual Documents		varies	STILL ON			Advisory
05-32	9/23/05	New Estimator Software Pay Item List		20-2.03	STILL ON			Advisory
05-31	9/9/05	Public Road Approaches and Drives		46-11.0	STILL ON			Advisory	RSP 610-R-502
05-30	9/1/05	Bridge Deck Overhang Width		61-5.02	STILL ON			Advisory
05-29	9/1/05	Curbed Section in Suburban or Intermediate Urban Area	July 2006	Ch.53,55	9/27/06		Policy	Advisory
05-28	8/26/05	Geometric Design Criteria for Recreational Roads	July 2006	Fig. 51-6B	9/27/06			Advisory	IDM Fig. 51-6B
05-27	7/28/05	Inputting Data for Cost Estimate		20-2.01	STILL ON			Advisory	Inupt Form
05-26	7/28/05	Bridge Identification in Pay Item Names		20-2.02(03)	STILL ON			Advisory
05-25	7/28/05	Earthwork Quantities for Retaining Walls	July 2006	17-4.05(02)	9/27/06			Advisory	IDM Sec.           17-4.05(02)
05-24	7/08/05	Design Memoranda in Website Listings	July 2006	varies	9/27/06			Advisory
05-23	7/08/05	2006 INDOT Standard Specifications Book	July 2006	n/a	9/27/06			Advisory
05-22	7/08/05	Seed Mixture CV		17-3.10	STILL ON			Advisory
05-21	6/27/05	New or Revised Access to the Interstate System		48-1.03	STILL ON			Advisory
05-20	6/27/05	Shoulder Width of Multi-Lane Urban Arterial		Table 53-6	STILL ON			Advisory
05-19	6/27/05	HMA Ramp Cross Section	July 2006	Fig. 52-13S, Fig. 52-13T	9/27/06			Advisory	IDM Figures       52-12S & 52-12T
05-18	6/27/05	Mitigation Commitments		Unknown	STILL ON			Advisory
05-17	6/13/05	Impact Attenuator Spare Parts Package		49-6.01	STILL ON			Advisory	RSP 601-R-497
05-16	6/02/05	Guardrail End Treatment Spare Parts Package		49-5.04(01)	STILL ON			Advisory	RSP 601-R-237
05-15	5/26/05	Temporary Traffic Barrier (TTB)	July 2006	82-4.02(03)	9/27/06			Advisory
05-14	5/26/05	Use of Indiana Design Manual Part VI, Structural Design		varies	STILL ON		Policy
05-13	5/26/05	Development of Bridge Plans	July 2006	14-2.03,-2.04	9/27/06			Advisory
05-12	5/26/05	Relationship Between Guardrail End Treatment and Guardrail Length of Need	July 2006	49-5.04(04)	9/27/06			Advisory
05-11	5/26/05	New Geotechnical Instrumentation	July 2006	18-1.02	9/27/06			Advisory
05-10	5/26/05	Level One Checklist for S-Lines	July 2006	14-2.0	9/27/06			Advisory
05-09	5/26/05	Use of Integrated Traffic System (ITS) Controllers	July 2006	77-4.01(06)	9/27/06			Advisory
05-08	4/14/05	ESALs or HMA mixtures,figure 52-9B	May 2005	52-9B	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory
05-07	3/28/05	Maximum allowable stress in H-piles		66-3.02(02)	STILL ON	.	.	Advisory	.
05-06	3/15/05	Prime coat, IDM section 52-9.02(11)	May 2005	52-9.02(11)	7/08/05	.	Policy	.	.
05-05	2/28/05	NCHRP bridge railings and transitions	May 2005	61-6.01	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory
05-04	2/8/05	Vertical alignment for 3R project	May 2005	55-4.04	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory
05-03	2/1/05	Status of design memorandum			7/08/05	05-24	.	Advisory	.
05-02	1/19/05	Truck-height barrier	May 2005	49-5.02(01)	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory
05-01	1/10/05	Rating consultant plan submittals	May 2005	6-3.03(02)	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory
Memo Number	Issue Date	Subject	Design Manual Revised	Design Manual Ch.-Sec.	Deleted from website	Super-seding Memo	Policy	Advisory	Attachments
04-20	12/21/04	Barrier flare rates	May 2005	49-9.0	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory
04-19	12/20/04	Sidewalk curb ramps and sidewalk transitions	May 2005	51-1.08	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory
04-18	11/22/04	FHWA project oversight	May 2005	40-7.0	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory	.
04-17	11/15/04	Retrofit thrie-beam bridge railing		61-6.01(02)	STILL ON		.	Advisory	.
04-16	11/15/04	Thrie-beam guardrail and transitions	May 2005	49-4.03	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory	.
04-15	11/15/04	Crest vertical curves to remain in place	11/15/04	55-4.04(03)	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory	.
04-14	10/12/04	Notif. proced. for temp. land acquisition suspension	May 2005	85-3.03(01)	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory
04-13	10/12/04	Intersecting welds in structural steel members	May 2005	64-8.02	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory	.
04-12	10/12/04	Fracture-critical structural steel members	May 2005	64-1.07	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory	.
04-11	10/12/04	Empirical design of concrete bridge decks	May 2005	61-3.0	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory	.
04-10	10/12/04	Wingwalls and headwalls for precast concrete box culvert	May 2005	31-3.06	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory
04-09	10/12/04	Bridge loading rating policy	May 2005	14-2.03(07)	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory	.
04-08	10/12/04	Underground storage tank removal	May 2005	14-2.01(07)	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory
04-07	10/12/04	Paving work at structure installation	May 2005	17-3.03	7/08/05	.	Policy	Advisory
04-06	8/4/04	Subgrade treatment	May 2005	17-3.02	7/08/05	.	.	Advisory	.
04-05	5/26/04	HS 25 loading for new and replacement bridges		60-3.02	STILL ON	.	Policy	.	.
04-04	5/13/04	Partial 3R design policy	Sept. 2004	Ch. 56	2/1/05	.	.	Advisory	.
04-03	5/13/04	Pavement design policy	Sept. 2004	Ch. 52	2/1/05	.	Policy	Advisory	.
04-02	5/12/04	Temporary R/W for drive construction	Sept. 2004	85-5.01(01)	2/1/05	.	Policy	.	.
04-01	2/20/04	Intersection sight distance at divided roadway	Sept. 2004	49-6.01	2/1/05	.	..	Advisory	..
Memo Number	Issue Date	Subject	Design Manual Revised	Design Manual Ch.-Sec.	Deleted from website	Super-seding Memo	Policy	Advisory	Attachments
03-19	12/8/03	Drainage in curbed section	Sept. 2004	45-1.05(04)	2/1/05	..		Advisory	.
03-18	12/8/03	Guardrail at culverts	Sept. 2004	49-3.03(01)	2/1/05			Advisory	.
03-17	10/15/03	Reinforced concrete bridge approach	Sept. 2004	17-4.09	2/1/05			Advisory	.
03-16	10/2/03	Pavement milling			5/13/04	04-03	Policy	Advisory	.
03-15	10/2/03	Sidewalk curb ramps for partial 3R work	Sept. 2004	56-4.0	2/1/05			Advisory	.
03-14	9/30/03	IDEM Rule 5 submission for erosion control plan	Sept. 2004	9-2.05(06)	2/1/05			Advisory	.
03-13	9/10/03	Guardrail end treatment type II pay limits	Sept. 2004	49-5.04(01)	2/1/05			Advisory	.
03-12	8/20/03	Specifications conflicts	Sept. 2004	19-2.02	2/1/05			Advisory	.
03-11	8/12/03	Rest-area water treatment	Sept. 2004	51-2.01(02)	2/1/05		Policy	Advisory	.
03-10	8/7/03	Environmental permits	Sept. 2004	9-2.02(09)	2/1/05			Advisory	.
03-09	7/10/03	HMA pavement ESAL ranges	Sept. 2004	52-9.02(03)	2/1/05			Advisory	.
03-08	7/2/03	Interstate-highway lane closures	Sept. 2004	82-6.01	2/1/05		Policy		.
03-07	7/2/03	Context-sensitive design policy		Unknown	STILL ON		Policy		.
03-06	6/6/03	HMA pavement ESAL ranges			5/13/04	03-09		Advisory	.
03-05	5/8/03	Partial 3R design policy			5/13/04	04-04	Policy	Advisory	.
03-04	5/7/03	Revised pay items	June 2003	20-2.02(02)	1/29/03			Advisory	.
03-03	4/15/03	Compatibility of drainage structures and castings	June 2003	36-2.14	1/29/03			Advisory	.
03-02	3/5/03	Three-sided drainage structures		NYA	STILL ON			Advisory	RSPs                 723-R-282        723-R-282f
03-01	2/17/03	Sidewalk curb ramps			12/20/04	04-19		Advisory	.
Memo Number	Issue Date	Subject	Design Manual Revised	Design Manual Ch.-Sec.	Deleted from website	Super-seding Memo	Policy	Advisory	Attachments
02-11	12/5/02	Sag vertical curve equations for undercrossing	June 2003	44-3.02(04)	1/29/03			Advisory
02-10	9/9/02	Traffic maint. plan for roadway under overpass work	June 2003	82-6.01	1/29/03			Advisory
02-09	8/14/02	Status of design memoranda			2/1/05	05-03		Advisory
02-08	7/31/02	Subgrade treatment			8/4/04	04-06		Advisory
02-07	7/19/02	2001 AASHTO “Green Book” affects on Design Manual	June 2003	varies	1/29/03		Policy
02-06	7/9/02	PCCP joints	June 2003	52-9.03	1/29/03			Advisory
02-05	6/13/02	Pavement design policy			5/13/04	04-03		Advisory
02-04	6/7/02	Subgrade treatment			8/4/04	02-08	Policy	Advisory
02-03	6/7/02	Shoulder corrugations	June 2003	45-1.02(06)	1/29/03		Policy	Advisory
02-02	6/7/02	HMA pavement design			6/13/02	02-05	Policy	Advisory
02-01	1/7/02	LED traffic signal indicator	June 2003	77-4.04	8/14/02			Advisory
Memo Number	Issue Date	Subject	Design Manual Revised	Design Manual Ch.-Sec.	Deleted from website	Super-seding Memo	Policy	Advisory	Attachments
01-14	12/10/01	Water main and sanitary sewer contract work	Unknown	Unknown	STILL ON			Advisory
01-13	11/15/01	Use of english measurement units		varies	STILL ON			Advisory
01-12	10/15/01	Contract-specific standard-drawings index	July 2002	19-1.04	8/14/02			Advisory
01-11	8/1/01	Three-sided drainage structures			3/5/03	03-02		Advisory
01-10	8/1/01	Subgrade treatment and soil chemical modification			6/7/02	02-04	Policy	Advisory
01-09	6/13/01	Construction-zone energy-absorbing terminal	July 2002	82-4.02(03)	8/14/02			Advisory
01-08	6/13/01	Construction-zone GREAT unit			6/13/01	01-09		Advisory
01-07	6/5/01	Status of design memoranda			8/14/02	02-09		Advisory
01-06	5/23/01	Use of english measurement units		varies	11/15/01	01-13		Advisory
01-05	5/21/01	Curing concrete bridge deck or RCBA		62-1.01	9/1/02			Advisory
01-04	5/21/01	Bridge future wearing surface dead load	May 2005	60-2.05	7/08/05			Advisory
01-03	5/21/01	Use of english measurement units			5/23/01	01-06		Advisory
01-02	5/14/01	Impact attenuators	June 2001	49-6.0	7/5/01		Policy	Advisory
01-01	2/7/01	Concrete barrier railing			1/18/05	05-02		Advisory
Memo Number	Issue Date	Subject	Design Manual Revised	Design Manual Ch.-Sec.	Deleted from website	Super-seding Memo	Policy	Advisory	Attachments
00-19	12/11/00	Temporary erosion and sediment control	Dec. 2000	Ch. 37	7/5/01		Policy	Advisory
00-18	10/16/00	Status of design memoranda			7/5/01	01-07		Advisory
00-17	10/6/00	Three-sided drainage structures			8/1/01	01-11		Advisory
00-16	10/6/00	Riprap ditch	June 2001	30-3.03(02)	7/5/01			Advisory
00-15	10/6/00	Design data on plans title sheet	June 2001	14-3.04(06)	7/5/01			Advisory
00-14	10/6/00	ESALs determination	.	.	6/13/02	02-05	Policy
00-13	9/22/00	Nested guardrail and cable terminal anchor	June 2001	49-5.03	7/5/01			Advisory
00-12	9/22/00	Guardrail over large culvert	June 2001	49-5.03	7/5/01		Policy	Advisory
00-11	9/22/00	Three-sided drainage structures			10/6/00	00-17		Advisory
00-10	9/13/00	NCHRP 350 bridge railings and transitions			2/28/05	05-05		Advisory
00-09	6/7/00	PCCP typical sections			6/13/02	02-05	Policy	Advisory
00-08	5/30/00	Termination of new HMA pavement	July 2002	56-4.01	8/14/02			Advisory
00-07	5/30/00	Permanent easement for maintenance of legal ditch	July 2000	85-5.03	10/16/00			Advisory
00-06	5/30/00	Application of environmental documents	July 2000	7-1.01	10/16/00			Advisory
00-05	5/30/00	Environmental permit requirements	Sep. 2004	9-2.0	8/14/02			Advisory
00-04	5/31/00	Status of design memoranda			10/16/00	00-18		Advisory
00-03	3/1/00	Impact attenuators			5/14/01	01-02	Policy	Advisory
00-02	3/1/00	Guardrail end treatments	July 2000	49-5.04(01)	10/16/00		Policy	Advisory
00-01	3/1/00	Positive guidance for const.-zone X-O traffic	July 2000	82-4.02	10/16/00		Policy	Advisory
Memo Number	Issue Date	Subject	Design Manual Revised	Design Manual Ch.-Sec.	Deleted from website	Super-seding Memo	Policy	Advisory	Attachments
99-19	12/21/99	Contract-specific standard-drawings index			10/15/01	01-12		Advisory
99-18	12/15/99	Underdrain table			6/13/02	02-05		Advisory
99-17	11/16/99	Contract documents submittal	July 2000	19-3.03	10/16/00			Advisory
99-16	11/15/99	NCHRP 350 bridge railings and transitions			9/13/00	00-10	Policy	Advisory
99-15	9/22/99	Backfill behind bridge end bent	July 2000	17-2.08	10/16/00		Policy
99-14	9/21/99	NHS routes maps	July 2000	40-1.03(01)	10/16/00			Advisory
99-13	8/30/99	Underdrains			6/13/02	02-05	Policy	Advisory
99-12	8/18/99	HMA resurfacing			5/08/03	03-05		Advisory
99-11	5/26/99	Subsurface investigation summary	July 2000	18-1.05	10/16/00			Advisory
99-10	5/26/99	Concrete deck slab permanent forms	May 2005	61-4.03	7/08/05			Advisory
99-09	4/26/99	Impact attenuators			3/01/00	00-03	Policy	Advisory
99-08	4/15/99	FHWA project oversight			11/22/04	04-18		Advisory
99-07	3/23/99	Portland cement concrete pavement			6/13/02	02-05		Advisory
99-06	3/18/99	GREAT unit			3/01/00	00-03		Advisory
99-05	3/17/99	Reinforced concrete bridge approach			10/15/03	03-17		Advisory
99-04	3/17/99	B / P profilograph	July 2000	17.3.01	5/31/00			Advisory
99-03	3/17/99	Traffic control for construction operations	July 2000	83-4.0	5/31/00			Advisory
99-02	3/17/99	NCHRP 350 guardrail, GRETs, bridge rlg. trans.	July 2000	49-4.03	10/16/00			Advisory
99-01	1/19/99	Use of 1999 Standard Specifications			5/31/00	05-23		Advisory
Memo Number	Issue Date	Subject	Design Manual Revised	Design Manual Ch.-Sec.	Deleted from website	Super-seding Memo	Policy	Advisory	Attachments
98-12	11/30/98	B / P structural steel mbrs.;stud shear connectors	July 2000	17-4.01	5/31/00			Advisory
98-11	11/30/98	B / P concrete structural members	July 2000	17-4.01(02)	10/16/00			Advisory
98-10	11/23/98	NCHRP 350 guardrail post requirements			3/17/99	99-02		Advisory
98-09	11/23/98	IDEM Section 401 Water Quality Cert.			5/30/00	00-05	Policy	Advisory
98-08	11/16/98	Profile-wall PVC pipe	July 2000	28-6.05	10/16/00			Advisory
98-07	9/25/98	Backfill behind bridge end bent			9/22/99	99-15		Advisory
98-06	8/1/98	Three-sided drainage structure scour protection			10/6/00	00-17	Policy	Advisory
98-05	7/15/98	Utilities coordination process	July 2000	Ch. 10	5/31/00		Policy	Advisory
98-04	6/22/98	Pile loads table	May 2005	66-3.04	7/08/05		Policy
98-03	6/15/98	GREAT unit			3/1/00	00-03		Advisory
98-02	6/15/98	NCHRP 350 guardrail, GRETs, bridge rlg. trans.			3/1/00	00-02		Advisory
98-01	6/10/98	New-pipes concept	July 2000	28-6.0	5/31/00		Policy	Advisory
	6/3/98	Proposing changes to Standard Documents or Proposing New Standard Documents	n/a	varies	STILL ON