Puricare Industrial Enterprises: RIGHT OF WAY - What is Right of Way - Definition & Factors Affecting RoW - Right of Way Definition - The right of way is the total land area acquired for the construction of the roadway. Its width should be enough to accommodate all the elements of the roadway cross section, any future widening of the road and any public utility facilities that will be installed along the roadway. RoW is the area of the road acquired for carriages way + other necessities + future extension, along its alignment. Good practice is to acquire RoW wide enough to accommodate the ultimate development and all components of the road. A typical residential street has a right-of-way width of approximately 60 feet. A typical arterial or downtown street has a right-of-way width of approximately 80 feet. Other widths are less common but not unusual. Alley configurations can vary from 10 feet to 20 feet, but are most commonly 14 feet. Width of formation Height of embankment Side slopes Drainage system Sight distances consideration on horizontal curves Future extension Width of Right of Way For two lane highway secondary roads AADT 400 – 1000 Min = 66’ ==> Desirable = 80’ Interstate highway system From 150’ without frontage roads From 250’ with frontage roads Up to 200’ – 300’ for eight lane divided highway without frontage roads. On high type two lane highway in rural area. Min = 100’ ==> Desirable = 120’

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Right of Way

What is Right of Way

Definition & Factors Affecting RoW

By: Haseeb Jamal

Right of Way Definition

The right of way is the total land area acquired for the construction of the roadway.

Its width should be enough to accommodate all the elements of the roadway cross section, any future widening of the road and any public utility facilities that will be installed along the roadway.

RoW is the area of the road acquired for carriages way + other necessities + future extension, along its alignment.

Good practice is to acquire RoW wide enough to accommodate the ultimate development and all components of the road.

Generally, in India 45 m ROW is acquired for construction of 4-lane road.

A typical residential street has a right-of-way width of approximately 60 feet.

A typical arterial or downtown street has a right-of-way width of approximately 80 feet.

Other widths are less common but not unusual.

Alley configurations can vary from 10 feet to 20 feet, but are most commonly 14 feet.

Factors Affecting Right of Way

o Width of formation

o Height of embankment

o Side slopes

o Drainage system

o Sight distances consideration on horizontal curves

o Future extension

Width of Right of Way

Width of RoW according to AASHTO is:

For two lane highway secondary roads AADT 400 – 1000

o Min = 66’ ==> Desirable = 80’

o Interstate highway system

o From 150’ without frontage roads

o From 250’ with frontage roads

o Up to 200’ – 300’ for eight lane divided highway without frontage roads.On high type two lane highway in rural area.

o Min = 100’ ==> Desirable = 120’

o For urban areas acquisition be wide enough to be adequate for ultimate design (no specified width)

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Haseeb Jamal

I am a Civil Engineer, graduated from University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan in 2010. I also have a PG-Diploma in Disaster Management and MS in Urban Infrastructure Engineering (In Progress). My expertise include civil related softwares like AutoCAD, SAP2000, MS Project, Primavera, MS Office and GIS. My technical skills include project management, monitoring and evaluation, structural assessment, disaster risk management, Quantity survey, land survey, material testing, site management and technical writing. I am trained in writing project progress reports as well as proposals and concept papers. I have also received advanced training on surveying, proposal writing, Monitoring and Evaluation of projects as well as organizations.

I have worked as Project Engineer at National Research and Development Foundation, Peshawar and CENCON Associates. I also worked with Spectra Engineering Solutions as Senior Civil Engineer in monitoring of World Bank and UNDP funded projects all over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA. Currently, I am working as Deputy Manager Development at NayaTel, Peshawar.

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