Work Zone Design Tools
- Overview
- Manuals and Guidelines
- TTC Reports
- Technical Memoranda
- TTC Device Standards
- ADA in Work Zones
- Special Provisions
- Sample TTC Plan (PDF)
- Template Sheets
Traffic Engineering Sites
- ADA (TPAR)
- Approved Products
- Corridor Modeling
- Lighting
- Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
- Pavement Markings
- Pedestrians in Work Zones
- Signals
- Signing
- Speed Limits
- Tort Claims
- Training
- Traffic Safety
- Traffic Topics
- Trivia and Facts
- Work Zones
MnDOT Roadside Design Manual
Intelligent Work Zone (IWZ)
- Toolbox "Guideline for IWZ System Selection"
- Presentation from 2008 ATSSA Conference
- Summary Page for TH 10 IWZ Project
- Typical IWZ Specifications, Guidelines and Operational Considerations:
- Conflict Warning (pdf)
- Congestion Warning (pdf) Example
- Travel Time (pdf)
- Dynamic Late Merge (pdf) Example
- IWZ Components (pdf)
Minnesota Work Zone Safety & Mobility Policy
Transportation Management Plan Development
Temporary Business Signing in Work Zones
Lane Control Selection in Work Zones
Work Zone Speed Limits
- Guidelines - includes extra enforcement guidelines
Changeable Message Signs
Work Zone Device Standards
Temporary Traffic Control Posters
Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MnMUTCD)
- 2011 MnMUTCD Part 6 A-J
- 2011 Field Manual Part 6 K TTC Zone Layouts
- 2007 Field Manual Part 6 K TTC Zone Layouts (for reference only)
Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Temporary Traffic Control Checklists
- Work Zone Impact Scoping / Design Worksheet
(Attachment A) - Work Zone Mitigation Strategies Checklist
(Attachment B) - Design Checklist
(TEM Chapter 8) - Pedestrian Accessibility Checklist
(MnMUTCD Figure 6D-1) - TTC Zone Daily-Field Checklist
(MnMUTCD Field Manual) - TTC Zone Field Deployment Checklist
(MnMUTCD Field Manual)
Long-term Temporary Traffic Control
Flagging Handbook
- 2011 edition
- 2007 edition (for reference only)
Metro Lane Closure Manual
Traffic Engineering Manual

