limited to no more than the installation of lamps or fuses for luminaires to a complete roadway lighting system with multiple lighting structures, luminaires and lighting control equipment.
750.04 Material Submittals Approval.
The contractor shall transmit Material Submittals in accordance with Subarticle 105.02(d) “Submittals for Traffic Design”. Submittals shall consist of material and equipment listings along with supporting documentation as specified in Item 105.02(d)1 “Preparation of Submittals” and these specifications. Material Submittals for this specification section “Roadway Lighting” shall be transmitted to the designated Working Group: Design Bureau’s Traffic Engineering Division for their review and approval. The Working Group’s email address is TrafficDesignSubmittals@dot.state.al.us. Roadway Lighting submittals shall consist of, at a minimum, the following items: electrical conductors, conduits, junction boxes, mounting hardware, power control devices, luminaires, luminaire poles, lighting control centers, etc. Structural components, such as luminaire poles and other related structures, shall be submitted in accordance with Section 718 and Subarticle 105.02(c) “Working Drawings”. If requested by the Engineer, the Contractor shall submit samples for inspection and approval of both the specified and proposed substitute items at no cost to the Department. The Department will not be liable for any materials purchased or work done or any delay incurred before such approval. Failure of the Engineer to note unsatisfactory material as received will not relieve the Contractor from responsibility. Manufacturers’ warranties and guaranties furnished on equipment used in the work shall be delivered to the Engineer; likewise, instruction sheets and parts lists shall be delivered to the Engineer upon receipt of the equipment. Throughout the entire project, the same manufacturer shall make all units of any one item, such as poles, luminaires, junction boxes, cabinets, etc.
750.05 Method of Measurement.
Pay Items 750-A, B, C, D, H, I, and L will be measured per each item. Pay Items 750-E, F and G will be measured in linear feet {meters}. Pay Items 750-Z will be measured as lump sum units.
750.06 Basis of Payment.
a.Unit Price Coverage. The contract unit price for each Pay Item shall be full compensation for all materials, tools, labor, equipment and miscellaneous items required to compete the item of work. This will include excavation, foundations, conduits, conductors, pole assemblies, luminaires, junction boxes, lighting control centers, power service equipment and materials as designated for each pay item. Pay Items are as follows:
1.Item 750-A: High Mast Luminaire Assembly. A high mast luminaire assembly shall be the pole, lowering device, pole wiring system, luminaires, lamps (when applicable), fuses, circuit breaker, surge arrester, lightning protection system, pole numbers, equipment grounding system, and miscellaneous hardware.
2.Item 750-B: Roadway Luminaire Assembly. A roadway luminaire assembly shall be the pole, pole numbers, pole wiring system (State furnished when applicable), surge arrester, pole grounding systems, fuses, luminaires, lamps, and miscellaneous hardware.
3.Item 750-C: Pole Foundation. A pole foundation shall be a reinforced concrete foundation including the excavation, disposal of excavated material, concrete, backfill, concrete pad, reinforcing steel, conduit and elbows, anchor bolts, and mulching and seeding the disturbed ground. The compensation for a reinforced concrete foundation may be adjusted if the size of the foundation is required to be changed. Bid prices shall be given for the construction of a foundation to the depth and at the diameter shown on the plans. A deeper foundation may be required based on the results of the Department's review of the Contractor's submittal of the design of the pole structure. The compensation for a foundation will be adjusted if changes are required to be made to the depth of the foundation. The adjustments shall be in accordance with the following requirements:
a.2'-0" {600 mm} Diameter: The compensation for 2'-0" {600 mm} diameter foundation shall be increased by $50 for each foot {$50.00 for each 300 mm} of depth that the foundation increases from what is shown on the plans.
b.2'-6" {760 mm} Diameter: The compensation for 2'-6" {760 mm} diameter foundation shall be increased by $75 for each foot {$75.00 for each 300 mm} of depth that the foundation increases from what is shown on the plans.
c.3'-0" {910 mm} Diameter: The compensation for 3'-0" {910 mm} diameter foundation shall be increased by $100 for each foot {$100.00 for each 300 mm} of depth that the foundation increases from what is shown on the plans.
d.4'-0" {1.22 m} Diameter: The compensation for 4''-0" {1.22 m} diameter foundation shall be increased by $200 for each foot {$200.00 for each 300 mm} of depth that the foundation increases from what is shown on the plans.
e.Reinforcing Steel: The adjustments to compensation because of changes in foundation depth shall also cover compensation for providing the reinforcing steel shown on the plans for the deeper foundations. The number and size of longitudinal reinforcing steel and the size and spacing of hoops will be the same regardless of any change in depth.
4.Item 750-D: Electrical Junction Box. An electrical junction box shall be the junction box, concrete, and mounting hardware.
5.Item 750-E: Conduit. Conduit (RMC, LFMC, LFNC, or RNC) shall be the conduit tubing including fittings, trenching, backfilling, attachment to structure and miscellaneous hardware.
6.Item 750-F: Conductor. This shall be individual conductors and includes pulling, splicing, terminating, testing and miscellaneous hardware.
7.Item 750-G: Nonmetallic Underground Conduit with Conductors. Nonmetallic Underground Conduit with Conductors (NUCC) shall be the complete assembly of polyethylene duct and the size and number of required conductors. It shall include fittings, trenching, backfilling, splicing, terminating, testing and all miscellaneous hardware.
8.Item 750-H: Service Pole. A service pole shall consist of the pole, switch, fuses, ground rod, one-spool clevis, down guy and guy rod (if required) and miscellaneous hardware.
9.Item 750-I: Lighting Control Center. A lighting control center shall include switches, transformers, circuit breakers, contactors, fuses, enclosures, photocontrols, ground rods, incoming service conductors and conduit, concrete slab, anchor bolts, and miscellaneous hardware.
10.Item 750-L Roadway Lighting Miscellaneous Equipment. Equipment as specified, including miscellaneous hardware, shall be provided in new condition, and installed as required in the plan set. 11. Item 750-Z: Roadway Lighting. Roadway Lighting (lump sum) shall include all equipment, materials, tools, labor, and miscellaneous items required for roadway lighting as shown to be required on the plans. This shall include all excavation, foundations, conduits, conductors, pole assemblies, luminaires, junction boxes, lighting control centers, power service equipment and materials, and all miscellaneous items required to complete the work shown on the plans that is included in this item of work.
b.Payment will be made under Item No.: 750-A High Mast Luminaire Assembly with * - per each 750-B Roadway Luminaire Assembly with * - per each 750-C Pole Foundation, ** - per each 750-D Electrical Junction Box, Type ____ - per each 750-E Conduit, *** - per linear foot {meter} 750-F Conductor, **** - per linear foot {meter} 750-G Nonmetallic Underground Conduit with Conductors, ***** -per linear foot {meter} 750-H Service Pole - per each 750-I Lighting Control Center - per each 750-L Roadway Lighting Miscellaneous Equipment – per each750-Z Roadway Lighting - per lump sum * number, type, and wattage of luminaire(s) as required SECTION 751 REHABILITATION OF EXISTING ROADWAY LIGHTING ** either Roadway or High Mast *** conduit size and type **** size of conductors ***** number and size of conductors SECTION 751 REHABILITATION OF EXISTING ROADWAY LIGHTING
751.01 Description.
This work shall consist of rehabilitating existing roadway lighting systems to the extent indicated on the plans. All work shall be performed with the requirements of Section 750 and as shown on the plans. The structural requirements (design and materials) for roadway lighting are addressed in Section 718.
751.02 Materials.
All material requirements given in Article 750.02, including submittals, shall apply to the rehabilitation work unless noted otherwise on the plans.
751.03 Construction Requirements.
The requirements for the rehabilitation of a roadway lighting system will be shown on the plans. All of the construction requirements given in Article 750.03, including the requirements for submittals, testing, and guarantees, shall be applicable to the rehabilitation work unless noted otherwise on the plans.
751.04 Method of Measurement.
All rehabilitation of existing roadway lighting system items with the exception of 751-M will be measured per each by the appropriate items complete, in place, acceptably installed and operational. For Pay Item 751-C, Testing Circuit Insulation, each circuit shall be separate and be measured per each. Pay Item 751-M will be measured per lump sum.
751.05 Basis of Payment.
a.Unit Price Coverage. The accepted rehabilitation of existing roadway lighting, measured as noted above, will be paid for at the contract unit price bid. This price will be full compensation for furnishing all materials, installation, labor, equipment, tools and incidentals necessary to complete these items of work in accordance with the following:
1.Item 751-A: Relocate Existing Lighting Control Center. This work includes the removal of a lighting control center and installation at a new location. A lighting control center shall include switches, circuit breakers, contactors, fuses, enclosure, photoelectric controller, control transformer, interior light, interior receptacle, ground rod, incoming service conductors, conduit, anchor bolts, terminal strips, and miscellaneous hardware. This work also includes the removal of an existing concrete pad and installation of a new concrete pad for the lighting control center, and installation of a new aluminum identification plate.
2.Item 751-B: Replace Lighting Control Center Interior Components. The lighting control center interior components shall include switches, circuit breakers, contactors, control transformer, fuses, photoelectric controller, control transformer, interior light, interior receptacle, ground rod, terminal strips and miscellaneous hardware.
3.Item 751-C: Testing Circuit Insulation. Circuit insulation testing shall include providing test instruments, test preparation, test measurements, recording test readings, locating and identifying causes for low readings, report preparation, and other related miscellaneous services.
4.Item 751-D: Replace Luminaire Components. Luminaire components shall include poles, luminaires, luminaire support arms, pole base breakaway devices, individual lowering devices, roadway luminaire lowering device system (a complete lowering device assembly or any individual component of the lowering device), surge arresters, ballasts, igniters, lamps, fuse holders, fuses, pole wiring cables and connectors, portable power units, power cord sets, and miscellaneous hardware.
5.Item 751-E: Replace High Mast Lighting Components. High mast lighting components shall include the high mast lowering device system (a complete lowering device assembly or any individual
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Source: 2026 Standard Specifications for Highway Construction, 2026 Edition. Pages 664–666 of 826. View official source ↗