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Flexibility in Highway Design Chapter 2: Highway Design Standards The Colonial Parkway connects Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown, VA. THE AASHTO GREEN BOOK What the Green Book Contains The reference most often used by designers during the design of a highway project is commonly referred to as the Green Book. Its official title is A Policy on the Geometric Design of Highways and Streets. It has been published by the AASHTO, in one form or another, since the late 1930s, with the most recent edition issued in 1994. Although often viewed as dictating a set of national standards, this document is actually a series of guidelines on geometric design within which the designer has a range of flexibility. As stated in the forward to this document: The intent of this policy is to provide guidance to the designer by referencing a recommended range of values for critical dimensions. Sufficient flexibility is permitted to encourage independent designs tailored to particular situations. In order for the design criteria in the Green Book to become a standard, they must be adopted by a particular State (or may be set by court decision). The FHWY has adopted applicable parts of the Green Book as the national standard for roads on the NHS. These roads comprise all the interstates and some other primary routes. The design of roads other than those on the NHS is subject to the standards of the particular State. The standards adopted by a State are usually based on the Green Book criteria. What the Green Book Does Not Contain The Green Book is not a design manual. It provides guidance on the geometric dimensions of the roadway. This includes widths of travel lanes, medians, shoulders, and clear zones; the width and shape of medians; turning radii; and other dimensions. There are many aspects of design that are not directly addressed in the Green Book. A number of these items are as follows: Problem definition Project definition Definition of the termini of the project Develop