Main Content
This webpage provides supporting guidance and resources for the design and development of bridge and road projects.
General Design
- Indiana Design Manual (IDM)
- Design Memo (IDM, Standards, and policy updates)
- Design Manual Editable Documents
- Maps for Designers (Traffic Statistics, NHS and more)
- Plans Information Request Form Historical construction plans and right of way information from INDOT's archives. This request form is not to be used for the contract bidding process. Note: Standard drawings referenced in old plans must be requested separately. Send the request to DesignManualInquiries@indot.in.gov and include the title sheet with the standard identified.
Plan Production
- INDOT Typical Plans (Bridge)
- INDOT CAD Support
- INDOT CAD Standards Manual
- CAD Standards Style Sheet
- Sample INDOT Borders, Full-Size (added Mar. 2014)
- Sample INDOT Custom Linestyles (added Mar. 2014)
Design Submittal
- ERMS Information
- ERMS Naming Convention
- Example Email Notification
- Consultant Performance Evaluation Manual Information
Road Design
Highway Design and Technical Support Division Homepage
- Hot Topics and Practice Pointers
- Intersection Decision Guide (Now under Traffic and Traffic Safety)
- Interstate Access Request Procedures (Now under Traffic and Traffic Safety)
- Interstate Access Programmatic Agreement (Now under Traffic and Traffic Safety)
- United States Access Board, Home Page
- Public Rights-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG)
- Shared Use Paths, Supplement
IHSDM Update with INDOT Specific Files
- Indiana IHSDM Calibration Guide
- config.cd.cpm.local_1.xml
- config.md.cpm.local_1.xml
- INDOT Approved Crash Reduction Factor (CRF) / Crash Modification Factor (CMF) Values
Bridge Design and Bridge Management
- Bridge Design Practice Pointers
- Concrete Beam Detail .DGN Files (added May 2015)
- INDOT Bridge Aesthetics Policy (added July 2018)
- INDOT Bridge and Culvert Preventative Maintenance Agreement
- INDOT Sample Scour Report (Design Manual Editable Documents, under Hyrdaulics)
- Indiana Historic Bridges Inventory Summary and Results
- Inventory of Bridges Book
- Pipe Material Selection Program
Engineering Assessment
Survey
Pavement and Geotechnical
Traffic and Traffic Safety
- Intersection Decision Guide
- Interstate Access Request Procedures
- Interstate Access Programmatic Agreement
- Intersection Traffic Analysis Procedures (New)
- INDOT Guidelines for Portable Changeable Message Signs
- Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (IMUTCD)
- Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
- Standard Highway Signs and Markings
- RoadHAT Practice Pointers for Design Exceptions
Work Zone Safety
- INDOT Interstate Highways Congestion Policy
- INDOT Work Zone Safety & Mobility Policy (New in 2015)
- Additional Work Zone Safety Resources
- National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse
- Guidelines on the Use of Positive Protection in Temporary Traffic Control Zones
- Portable Positive Protection: A Guide for Short Duration and Short Term Work Zones
- Guidance: Use of Work Zone Clear Zones, Buffer Spaces, and Positive Protection Deflection Distances
- Work Zone Positive Protection Toolbox
Environmental
Environmental Services Division Homepage
- Noise Policy
- Waterway Permit Manual
- Approved list of Wetland Delineators for INDOT Project Contractors
Right-of-Way
Utilities and Railroad
Project Commitment Documents
The project commitments database provides documentation regarding project commitments and their resolution from inception through design and onto construction. The project commitments report is required for all projects.
- Database Procedure
- Environmental Commitments Guidelines
- "Getting Started" Help Document
- Import Spreadsheet - Commitments Database
Standards & Specifications
INDOT Standards & Specifications Homepage
- INDOT Standards Committee
- INDOT Standard Specifications
- INDOT Standard Drawings
- Recurring Special Provisions & Plan Details
- Construction Memorandums
Project Management
- INDOT Technical Applications Pathway (ITAP)
- Design Submittal (ERMS - Open Client & FTP Site)
- Prequalification of Consultants
- Project Commitments Database
- Real Estate Document Management
- Submit or View Electronic Design Documents (ERMS)
- Cost Estimating & Cost Management Program
- Estimate Submittal Using CES
- Pay Items List / Unit Price Summaries
