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This manual is the base bridge design manual that all DOTs use across the US. Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH), crash testing criteria for safety hardware devices for use on highways; it updates and replaces NCHRP Report 350. In addition to its publications, AASHTO performs or cooperates in research projects.
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Public Safety Standards, United States (Federal Government) – Offers free downloads of documents, including AASHTO's "A Policy on Design Standards", that have been incorporated by reference into the US Code of Federal Regulations and can therefore be freely copied as edicts of government.
The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) is a publication of the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials. It contains concepts, guidelines, and computational procedures for predicting the safety performance of various highway facilities. [1] The HSM was published in 2010 and is divided into four sections:
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The AASHTO Soil Classification System was developed by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and is used as a guide for the classification of soils and soil-aggregate mixtures for highway construction purposes.
The fifth edition of HCM 2010 was the culmination of a multiagency effort—including TRB, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), and Federal Highway Administration—over many years to meet the changing analytical needs and to provide contemporary evaluation tools.
For the 2000 tabulations the CTPP Working Group coordinated with AASHTO and paid the Census Bureau for the tabulations. The price for each state involved in the development of the package was based on that state's total population. DOT agencies provided funding for technical support related to use of the data as well as coordination and software.