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53 State DOT Survey Responses A P P E N D I X B For the following tables, agency names have been abbreviated (Table B-1)
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54 Practices for Adding Bicycle and Pedestrian Access on Existing Vehicle Bridges Table B-2 provides the answers to the following questions: • Q6-1. In Calendar Year 2019, how many projects were initiated which involved retrofitting existing bridges to provide or improve access for active transportation users?
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Table B-2. Answers to Questions 6-1, 6-2, and 6-3.
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56 Practices for Adding Bicycle and Pedestrian Access on Existing Vehicle Bridges Table B-3 provides the answers to the following questions: • Q7. Currently, how many bridges are actively being retrofitted (under construction)
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State DOT Survey Responses 57 Agency Q7 Q8 MDOT Exact # is unknown. There are many projects that are initiated by developers and district offices to add or improve pedestrian access.
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Table B-4. Answers to Questions 9, 9-1, 9-2, 10, and 10-1.
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Agency Q9 Q9-1 Q9-2 Q10 Q10-1 KYTC KYTC KYTC Beam MaineDOT MaineDOT MaineDOT Beam MDOT Developer Project MDOT SHA MDOT SHA Beam MassDOT MassDOT MassDOT Other, specify Not sure MDOT Michigan DOT Michigan DOT Beam MnDOT MDT NDOT None recently completed N/A N/A Other, specify N/A NCDOT NCDOT N/A Beam NDDOT ND and MN NDDOT and MNDOT Truss ODOT SCDOT Part of the East Coast Greenway SCDOT SCDOT Beam TxDOT Part of Mobility35 plan to add shared-use paths along the corridor TxDOT TxDOT Beam VTrans Town of Plainfield Vermont Town of Plainfield Vermont Beam WYDOT City of Rock Springs City of Rock Springs Beam N/A = Not Applicable
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60 Practices for Adding Bicycle and Pedestrian Access on Existing Vehicle Bridges Table B-5 provides answers to the following questions: • Q11. Please select the attributes below that describe the bridge prior to retrofitting.
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Table B-5. Answers to Questions 11, 11-1, 12, and 13.
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Agency Q11 Q11-1 Q12 Q13 MDOT Man Made, Urban, Suburban, Rural, Sidewalks Rehabilitation MnDOT MDT NDOT Other N/A Access NCDOT Man Made, Urban, Sidewalks Access NDDOT Historic, Natural, Urban, Connection Rehabilitation ODOT SCDOT Natural, Urban, ADA, Connection Access TxDOT Natural, Suburban, Sidewalks Other The retrofit of this specific frontage road bridge was part of a larger safety and operational improvement project along I35 at Williams Drive, which included the addition of shared use path connectivity. VTrans Natural, Rural, Sidewalks, Connection Access WYDOT Natural, Rural Rehabilitation N/A = Not Applicable
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State DOT Survey Responses 63 Table B-6 provides answers to the following questions: • Q14. Please select the strategies used to provide or improve access for active transportation users of this retrofitted bridge.
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Table B-6. Answers to Questions 14, 14-1, 15, and 16.
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Agency Q14 Q14-1 Q15 Q16 MDOT New lanes, New path, Other 4' or wider shoulders Varies but could be up to $2.5 million for the bridge with a pathway on it and all the related interchange configuration work. Yes MnDOT MDT NDOT Other N/A N/A No NCDOT New bicycle, Existing sidewalks $400,000 Yes NDDOT New bicycle, New sidewalks I do not know Yes ODOT SCDOT New bicycle, New path, Other Restriping to add buffered bike lane and pedestrian path $300,000 No TxDOT New sidewalks, New path, Access I do not know Yes VTrans New sidewalks $650,000.00 No WYDOT New sidewalks, New path I do not know Yes N/A = Not Applicable
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66 Practices for Adding Bicycle and Pedestrian Access on Existing Vehicle Bridges Table B-7 provides answers to the following questions: • Q17. Please share any limitations and/or constraints that ${e://Field/AgencyName} faced when choosing and implementing the positive protection system.________________________________________________________________ • Q18.
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Table B-7. Answers to Questions 17, 18, 19, and 19-1.
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Agency Q17 Q18 Q19 Q19-1 IDOT This project will redeck and create exposed rebar for new vertical separation to tie to. If no redecking was done, then tying new vertical separation to existing, covered rebar would be impractical.
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Agency Q17 Q18 Q19 Q19-1 MnDOT MDT NDOT Other N/A NCDOT N/A N/A Access, Safety NDDOT We had to squeeze 4 lanes of traffic in the space that was left. Went to lane widths <12 feet.
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TxDOT The bridge roadway surface is level with the shared use path (there was no existing curb) , therefore the design needed to provide adequate protection between vehicular traffic and the shared use path, and also address drainage considerations.
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Table B-8. Answers to Questions 20 and 20-1.
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72 Practices for Adding Bicycle and Pedestrian Access on Existing Vehicle Bridges Table B-9 provides answers to the following questions: • Q21-1. Please think about all the projects to retrofit existing bridges to provide or improve access for active transportation users which ${e://Field/AgencyName} has completed.
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Table B-9. Answers to Questions 21-1 to 21-12.
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Agency Q211 Q212 Q213 Q214 Q215 Q216 Q217 Q218 Q219 Q2110 Q2111 Q21-12 NDOT NCDOT NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NDDOT L L L L L L L L L L ODOT SCDOT A L L L L L L A L L TxDOT NA NA NA NA A NA NA NA NA NA A TxDOT's district bike/ped coordinators may be involved in varying degrees with any aspect of project planning or development depending on their primary job and the needs/interests of the local district office and community. VTrans A A L L A A L A A A WYDOT A A NA NA NA NA NA NA NA A Note: A = Assist, L = Lead, NA = Not Applicable.
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State DOT Survey Responses 75 Table B-10 provides answers to the following questions: • Q22 Does ${e://Field/AgencyName} have a standardized approach or guidelines on how/when to consider retrofitting?
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