Design Manual for Roads and Bridges

The volumes within the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges are:{{Cite web |url=http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/dmrb/vol1/section0/dmrbcont.pdf |title=Volume Contents and Alphanumeric Index |access-date=18 January 2008 |archive-date=30 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630175217/http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/dmrb/vol1/section0/dmrbcont.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Volume 0 – Introduction and General requirements

Volume 1 – Highway Structures: Approval Procedures and General Design

Volume 2 – Highway Structures: Design (Substructures and Special Structures), Materials

Volume 3 – Highway Structures: Inspection and Maintenance

Volume 4 – Geotechnics and Drainage

Volume 5 - Assessment and Preparation of Road Schemes

Volume 6 - Road Geometry

Volume 7 - Pavement Design and Maintenance

Volume 8 - Traffic Signs and Lighting

Volume 9 - Traffic Control and Communications

Volume 10 - Environmental Design

Volume 11 - Environmental Assessment

Volume 12 - Traffic Appraisal of Road Schemes

Volume 13 - Economic Assessment of Road Schemes [Volume Withdrawn]

Volume 14 - Economic Assessment of Road Maintenance [Volume Withdrawn]

Volume 15 - Economic Assessment of Road Schemes in Scotland

The individual volumes contain technical requirements and guidance on a wide range of highway related topics, necessary to deliver works on the Strategic Road Network{{Cite web |url=http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/dmrb/vol1/section0/intro.pdf |title=Introduction to the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges |access-date=18 January 2008 |archive-date=30 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630175206/http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/dmrb/vol1/section0/intro.pdf |url-status=dead }}

In terms of scheme appraisal, the cost-benefit and environmental impact assessment methods set out in DMRB provide important inputs into the approach used to appraise new road schemes, including the former New Approach to Appraisal.

The approach to safety barriers was revised in 2005/06 from a prescriptive approach to a risk assessment-based system (Road Restraints Risk Assessment Process (RRRAP)).{{cite web |url=http://www.highways.gov.uk/business/12081.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925210533/http://www.highways.gov.uk/business/12081.aspx |archive-date=25 September 2006 |title=Highways Agency - Road Restraints Risk Assessment Process (RRRAP)}} TD 19/06 – "Requirements for Road Restraint Systems"{{Cite web |url=http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/dmrb/vol2/section2/td1906.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 November 2008 |archive-date=20 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920181152/http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/dmrb/vol2/section2/td1906.pdf |url-status=dead }} was issued and the safety barrier drawings in Volume 3 of the Manual of Contract Documents for Highways Works were withdrawn, to be replaced by Highways Agency accepted EN 1317 Road Restraint Systems list.{{Cite web|url=http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/ha/standards/tech_info/en_1317_compliance.htm|title = Highways England EN 1317 Compliant Road Restraint Systems}}

When the DMRB was originally published in 1992 it only covered roads in England and Wales. Its remit was subsequently extended to include roads in Scotland and Northern Ireland. DMRB is managed by National Highways on behalf of the agencies responsible for trunk roads in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. However, the requirements given may be subject to national variations in the three devolved nations.

In 1992 it was published as loose leaf set of documents in lever arch files. In 2002 the DMRB was made freely available on the internet at.{{cite web |url=http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk |title = Standards for Highways}} Paper copies in the lever arch folders continued to be available to purchase as well as copies available on compact discs.

In 2015 as part of the Protocol{{cite web |last1=UK Government |title=Annex C to Highways England Framework Document: Protocol Agreement |accessdate=19 September 2019 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414864/highways-england-framework-document-annex-c-protocol-agreement.pdf}} attached to the licence for Highways England Ltd to be the Strategic Highways Company, there was a requirement to review the structure, usability and content of the DMRB by March 2020. Highways England appointed WSP to assist with thought leadership on what these changes should be. Between April 2015 and March 2016 a wide ranging stakeholder consultation and developed a number of recommendations. The first of the new format documents were published in June 2018.Please see GG 000 Design Manual for Roads and Bridges: Volume Contents Pages and Alpha-Numeric Index for a full list of published and withdrawn documents since the update work began http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/ha/standards/dmrb/vol0/section1.htm

Rather than create a separate design manual for roads in the Republic of Ireland, the UK's Design Manual for Roads and Bridges has also applied in the Republic of Ireland since 2001, with an additional addendum inserted by the National Roads Authority to cater for local conditions in the country. In this form it is known as the NRA Design Manual for Roads and Bridges or NRADMRB. The Irish version incorporates Volumes 1,2, 4–8 and part of Volume 9 of the UK DMRB.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nra.ie/News/DownloadableDocumentation/htmltext,2671,en.html |title=Downloadable Documentation - National Roads Authority |access-date=13 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430101223/http://www.nra.ie/News/DownloadableDocumentation/htmltext,2671,en.html |archive-date=30 April 2008 |url-status=dead }}

• National Highways
• Roads in the United Kingdom
• Manual for Streets

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National Highways

• [https://nationalhighways.co.uk/ National Highways home page]
• [https://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/dmrb/ Design Manual for Roads and Bridges] – PDF versions of the individual volumes in the manual
• [http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/mchw/ Manual of Contract Document for Highway Works] – Contains the Specification and Notes for Guidance to be used in connection with Works on the motorway and trunk road network.
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130402210502/https://tssplansregistry.dft.gov.uk/login.asp Traffic Systems and Signals Plans Registry] A technical archive of traffic systems and signs documents, originally hard copy only, now made available online. The site contains Highways England Documents that start MCE, MCF, MCG, MCH MCS, MCX, TR, TRG TRH. Site is free, but you have to register (or at least provide an email address).
• [http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/ha/standards/nmm_rwsc/index.htm Network Maintenance Manual & Routine and Winter Service Code] - Requirements for management of maintenance of the motorway and trunk road network.

Department for Transport

• [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/manual-for-streets Manual for Streets] - replaces Design Bulletin 32 (DB32) which deals with residential and non-trunk road design and layout.
• [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/traffic-signs-manual Traffic Signs Manual] - Complete manual, including Chapter 8 - Roadworks and temporary situations (2006).
• [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/traffic-advisory-leaflets Traffic Advisory Leaflets] - Downloads of advice covering subjects such as provision for pedestrians and cyclists, traffic modelling and calming.

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Category:Road transport in Ireland

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