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. . Re: Perpendicular Placement for 1 Direction Ramps
. . Re: Perpendicular Placement for 1 Direction Ramps



Perpendicular Placement for 1 Direction Ramps
Paul Olson
01/13/2009
I have noticed that several of the drawings on this site appear to indicate an
allowance for the truncated domes warning strip to be placed perpendicular to
traffic on a single direction ramp when the distance of the bottom of the ramp
to the furthest distance to the curb line is less than 6-ft. This is similar
to several municipal standard drawings I am aware of. Is this typically found
to be acceptable?
I oversee a lot of installations and for ease of construction and replacement I
see a preference. However we do have concerns about it not being placed
immediately behind the curve as to performance and meeting federal
requirements. I believe the allowance for a gap is "slight" in the regulations.

This may be more a preference as an engineer to straight lines, but since the
products we typically see are square it seems to work better.
Thank you for any feedback.

Re: Perpendicular Placement for 1 Direction Ramps
Jodi Petersen, FHWA, Jodi.Petersen@dot.gov
01/14/2009
I'm unsure as to what "drawings on this site" you refer to. Is the type of
ramp a modified parallel, diagonal, blended transition, or? I'm assuming
you're talking about a modified parallel, in which case you would place the DW
(truncated domes) at the grade break if the landing at the bottom of the ramp
is less than 5 feet. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me
at the email address provided herein.

Re: Perpendicular Placement for 1 Direction Ramps
Pete Kemp, WisDOT
01/14/2009
The installation of the domes should follow the slope or the ramp or the
direction of travel. Or alternately 4 foot edge of a 2'x4' installation should
be perpendicular to the slope. This crates a gap in coverage of the domes and
may be quite large as the radius increases. It is not a preference of an
engineer for a straight line but a function of traversability of the ramp by a
wheel chair. The wheel chair need to traverse the dome field along a line that
is made by the configuration of the individual domes which needs to coincide
with the direction of travel on the ramp.




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