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TDOT Standard Specifications (2021)

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Full Text — 101 Sections (2021 Edition)

This is the 2021 base text. TDOT issues special provisions that may modify this book — see Supplemental Specifications & Special Provisions ↗. We have not checked it for changes since this text was ingested — read it before relying on this book.

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General Provisions (00100-00999)

101 DEFINITIONS AND TERMS
102 BIDDING REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS
103 AWARD AND EXECUTION OF CONTRACT
104 SCOPE OF WORK
105 CONTROL OF WORK
106 CONTROL OF MATERIALS
107 LEGAL RELATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITY
108 PROSECUTION AND PROGRESS
109 MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT
201 CLEARING AND GRUBBING
202 REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES AND OBSTRUCTIONS
203 EXCAVATION AND UNDERCUTTING
204 STRUCTURE EXCAVATION FOUNDATION PREPARATION, AND BACKFILL
205 EMBANKMENTS
206 FINAL DRESSING
207 SUBGRADE CONSTRUCTION AND PREPARATION
208 SHOULDERS AND DITCHES
209 PROJECT EROSION PREVENTION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
302 SUBGRADE TREATMENT (LIME)
303 MINERAL AGGREGATE BASE
304 SOIL-CEMENT BASE
306 PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE BASE
307 BITUMINOUS PLANT MIX BASE (HOT MIX)
309 AGGREGATE-CEMENT BASE COURSE
310 CONDITIONING MINERAL AGGREGATE BASE
312 AGGREGATE-LIME-FLY ASH STABILIZED BASE COURSE
313 TREATED PERMEABLE BASE
401 MINERAL AGGREGATE SURFACE
402 PRIME COAT
403 TACK COAT
405 BITUMINOUS SEAL COAT
407 BITUMINOUS PLANT MIX PAVEMENTS (GENERAL)
410 BITUMINOUS PLANT MIX SURFACE COURSE (COLD MIX)
411 ASPHALTIC CONCRETE SURFACE (HOT MIX)
414 EMULSIFIED ASPHALT SLURRY SEAL AND MICRO-SURFACING
415 COLD PLANING OF BITUMINOUS PLANT MIX PAVEMENTS
501 PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT
601 TIMBER STRUCTURES
602 STEEL STRUCTURES
603 PAINTING
604 CONCRETE STRUCTURES
606 PILING
607 PIPE CULVERTS AND STORM SEWERS
608 SANITARY SEWERS
609 PIPE REMOVED AND RELAID
610 PIPE DRAINS
611 MANHOLES, CATCH BASINS, INLETS, AND PIPE END WALLS
612 STONE MASONRY
613 BRICK MASONRY
615 PRECAST/PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGE MEMBERS
616 POST-TENSIONED PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
617 BRIDGE DECK SEALANT
619 POLYMER MODIFIED CONCRETE BRIDGE DECK OVERLAY FOR NEW AND EXISTING BRIDGES
620 BRIDGE RAILINGS
621 TEMPORARY STRUCTURES
622 SHOTCRETE
623 BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINTS
701 CEMENT CONCRETE SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS AND MEDIAN PAVEMENT
702 CEMENT CONCRETE CURB, GUTTER, AND COMBINED CURB AND GUTTER
703 CEMENT CONCRETE DITCH PAVING
705 GUARDRAIL
706 GUARDRAIL ADJUSTED, REMOVED AND RESET
707 FENCES
708 MONUMENTS AND MARKERS
709 RIPRAP AND SLOPE PAVEMENT
710 UNDERDRAINS
711 CONCRETE MEDIAN BARRIER
712 TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL
713 HIGHWAY SIGNING
714 ROADWAY AND STRUCTURE LIGHTING
715 ASPHALTIC CONCRETE CURB (HOT MIX)
716 PAVEMENT MARKINGS
717 MOBILIZATION OF FORCES, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
722 FIELD OFFICE
730 TRAFFIC SIGNALS
740 GEOSYNTHETICS
801 SEEDING
802 LANDSCAPE PLANTING
803 SODDING
805 EROSION CONTROL BLANKETS
806 ROADSIDE MAINTENANCE
901 HYDRAULIC CEMENT
903 AGGREGATES
904 BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
905 JOINT MATERIALS
906 DAMPPROOFING AND WATERPROOFING MATERIALS
907 CONCRETE REINFORCEMENT
908 STRUCTURAL STEEL AND APPURTENANT MATERIALS
909 FENCE, GUARD RAIL AND BARRIER
910 PAINT
911 LUMBER, TIMBERS, AND TIMBER PILES
912 BRICK
913 CEMENT CONCRETE CURING MATERIALS
914 NON-METALLIC PIPE
915 METALLIC PIPE
916 HIGHWAY SIGNING MATERIALS
917 ROADWAY AND STRUCTURE LIGHTING MATERIALS
918 LANDSCAPING MATERIALS
919 PAVEMENT MARKING MATERIAL AND MARKERS
920 EROSION CONTROL MATERIALS
921 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS

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Tennessee Resources

📘 Standard Specifications

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📐 Standard Drawings

Standard Drawings Library→Standard Structures Drawings→

📏 Design Manuals

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🔧 Construction Manuals

Construction Division Resources→

🧪 Materials & Testing

TDOT Materials Testing Manual→

📋 Special Provisions

Supplemental Specifications & Special Provisions→

🏛️ Federal Standards

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)→MUTCD 11th Edition Full Text (PDF)→ADA Standards for Transportation Facilities→Public Rights-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG)→FHWA Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects (FP-14)→National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS)→FRA Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Handbook→OSHA 29 CFR 1926 — Safety and Health Regulations for Construction→

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