Manuals

Manuals provide policy and guidance to staff, local agencies, contractors, and consultants to help us deliver an efficient and effective multimodal system.

Our manuals are continuously updated with periodic revisions. Make sure you have the current version, regardless of the manual format or means of transmission. Manuals on this page are the most recent versions and can be downloaded and printed without charge.

Ordering printed manuals and publications

Agency employees need to place orders through WSDOT Printing Services using the internal order form (PDF 292KB).

Contractors, consultants, local agencies, and the general public can obtain printed copies of WSDOT’s most requested manuals and publications from the Washington State Department of Printing’s myPrint.

Manuals

Title Publication Number
Commercial Vehicle Guide M 30-39
2015 EEO Assurances Part II – Internal Program M 3121
ADA Field Guide for Accessible Public Rights of Way N/A
Advertisement and Award Manual M 27-02
Agreements Manual M 22-99
Airport Guide M 3049
Bicycle Racing Guidelines M 3050
Bridge Design Manual LRFD M 23-50
Bridge Inspection Manual M 36-64
Bridge List M 23-09
Communications Manual M 3030
Community Aviation Loan Program Procedures Manual M 3140
Consolidated Grant Guidebook M 3130
Construction Manual M 41-01
Consultant Services Manual M 27-50
Cost Estimating Manual for WSDOT Projects M 3034
Design Manual M 22-01
Design-Build Manual M 3126
Development Services Manual M 3007
Electronic Engineering Data Standards M 3028
Environmental Health and Safety Manual M 46-04
Environmental Manual M 31-11
Ethnobotany and Cultural Resources Field Guide M 3120
Ferry Terminal Inspection Procedures Manual M 3105
Field Tables for Engineers Spirals 1984 M 3087
General Special Provisions N/A
Geotechnical Design Manual M 46-03
Highway Advertising Control M 22-95
Highway Engineering Field Formulas M 22-24
Highway Engineering Field Tables 1984 M 22-23
Highway Runoff Manual M 31-16
Highway Surveying Manual M 22-97
Highways Over National Forest Lands M 22-50
Hydraulics Manual M 23-03
Joint Operations Policy Statement N/A
Local Agency Guidelines (LAG) M 36-63
Maintenance Manual M 51-01
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) N/A
Materials Manual M 46-01
Open Data Publication Manual M 3231
Organizational Conflicts of Interest Manual M 3043
Partnering Field Guide M 3143
Pavement Surface Condition Field Rating Manual for Asphalt Pavements N/A
Permit Desk Guide M 3037
Plans Preparation Manual M 22-31
Prime Contractor Performance Report M 41-40
Rail Safety Oversight Program Standard M 3138
Right of Way Manual M 26-01
Roadside Manual M 25-30
Roadside Policy Manual M 3110
Safety Procedures and Guidelines Manual M 75-01
Sign Fabrication Manual M 55-05
Standard Highway Signs and Markings N/A
Standard Plans M 21-01
Standard Specifications for Road, Bridge, and Municipal Construction M 41-10
State Management Plan M 3078
State-Managed Airport Handbook M 3072
Station Stop Policy Guidance Document M 3125
Streetwise: A Simplified Local Agency Pavement Management System N/A
sUAS User’s Manual M 3134
Techniques of Right of Way Plans Preparation M 3104
Temporary Erosion and Sediment Control Manual M 3109
Terminal Design Manual M 3082
Traffic Manual M 51-02
Transportation Corridor Planning Studies Guidelines and Criteria M 3033
Transportation Structures Preservation Manual M 23-11
Utilities Accommodation Policy M 22-86
Utilities Manual M 22-87
Vehicle Operator's Handbook M 3032
Vehicle Operator's Handbook and Fuel Station Locations M 53-55
Washington State Public Transportation Plan M 3122
Washington State Summary of Public Transportation M 3079
Western Regional Permit Desk Guide M 3038
Work Zone Traffic Control Guidelines for Maintenance Operations M 54-44
WSDOT Model Comprehensive Tribal Consultation Process for the National Environmental Policy Act

Contact information

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