Introduction
November 2007
This manual is intended to provide minimum standards for the protection of road users and workers during temporary works relating to highway maintenance and construction, including utility and other operations. This manual provides a single source for traffic control standards for use on Manitoba's highways.
Please contact the Traffic Engineering Branch at (204) 945-3781 for advice and recommendations on dealing with traffic control situations not included in this manual, or where the standards in the manual fail to adequately control traffic or protect workers.
The following revised standards are based on best practices in Manitoba and in other jurisdictions. They have been revised, refined and adjusted in actual field use. However, they are meant to be open to change and improvement, and we continue to welcome your suggestions, comments and criticisms.
Traffic controls for temporary conditions often represent a compromise between the time and cost to erect and maintain the necessary devices, and the need to get the job done. We hope this manual strikes a balance between those conflicting requirements, while providing the necessary protection to both workers and motorists.
The 2008 Edition incorporates many changes and improvements. We thank all users for their input and feedback.
Glenn Cuthbertson, P. Eng.
Director, Traffic Engineering
glenn.cuthbertson@gov.mb.ca
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The complete 2008 draft Work Zone Traffic Control Manual
Note: This file is a 196 page document in Adobe Acrobat PDF format - Warning: PDF file is 10 MB.
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Work Zone Policies - Table of Contents
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Work Zone Policies - Alphabetic Index
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Index for Drawings
A) Roadside Work and Shoulder Work |
Off-road Work |
TMP-1 |
111 KB |
Work in Median |
Short duration |
TMP-2 |
141 KB |
Right Shoulder Work |
Short duration |
TMP-3 |
126 KB |
1) On a multi-lane road |
Left Shoulder Work |
Short duration |
TMP-4 |
116 KB |
Left Shoulder Work |
Short / long duration |
TMP-8 |
139 KB |
2) On a two-lane road |
Encroachment in right lane |
Mobile operations |
TMP-5 |
142 KB |
Encroachment in right lane |
Short duration |
TMP-6 |
150 KB |
Encroachment in right lane |
Long duration |
TMP-7 |
118 KB |
Right Shoulder work |
Long duration |
TMP-7a |
111 KB |
B) Single-lane Closed |
Multi-lane Road |
Mobile operations |
TMP-9 |
130 KB |
Two-lane Road |
Mobile operations |
TMP-10 |
123 KB |
Two-lane Road
|
yield to oncoming traffic;
volume < 60 vph |
TMP-11 |
158 KB |
Two-lane Road
|
flagger controlled;
volume > 60 vph |
TMP-12 |
124 KB |
Multi-lane road; left lane closed |
short duration |
TMP-13 |
140 KB |
Multi-lane road; left lane closed |
short duration;
bilingual signing group |
TMP-13b |
148 KB |
Multi-lane road; right lane closed |
short duration |
TMP-14 |
133 KB |
Multi-lane road; right lane closed |
short duration;
bilingual signing group |
TMP-14b |
144 KB |
Multi-lane road; left lane closed |
long duration |
TMP-15 |
150 KB |
Multi-lane road; right lane closed |
long duration |
TMP-16 |
148 KB |
Multi-lane road; right lane closed |
long duration;
bilingual signing group |
TMP-16b |
166 KB |
Lane-drop on 4-lane divided
for bridge repairs |
long duration;
bilingual signing group |
TMP-16c |
133 KB |
C) Intersection lane closures on two-lane roads |
Near-side lane closure |
short and long duration |
TMP-17 |
134 KB |
Far-side lane closure |
short and long duration |
TMP-18 |
135 KB |
D) Intersection lane closures on multi-lane roads |
Left-lane closure |
short and long duration |
TMP-19 |
124 KB |
Right-lane closure |
short and long duration |
TMP-20 |
123 KB |
Right-turn lane closed |
TMP-21 |
95 KB |
E) Areas in the Work Zone |
Temporary Road Closure |
short duration |
TMP-22 |
92 KB |
Shoofly Detour - Short Term |
short duration |
TMP-23 |
115 KB |
Shoofly Detour - Long Term |
long duration |
TMP-24 |
181 KB |
Four-lane divided highway
conversion to two-lane two-way |
long duration |
TMP-25 |
194 KB |
Traffic Control using a pilot vehicle |
short duration |
TMP-26 |
140 KB |
Gravel Piles in center of roadway |
short duration |
TMP-27 |
109 KB |
Typical Paving Operation |
short duration |
TMP-28 |
139 KB |
Typical Sealcoat Operation |
short duration |
TMP-29 |
130 KB |
|
Minimum traffic control for
Benkelman Beam Operation |
short duration |
S-TMP-1 |
128 KB |
Fast Moving Operations
Soil Drill Truck/Coring Vehicle |
short duration |
S-TMP-2 |
130 KB |
Fast Moving Operations
Profilograph unit |
short duration |
S-TMP-3 |
166 KB |
Fast Moving Operations
Nuclear density testing |
short duration |
S-TMP-4 |
107 KB |
Fast Moving Operations
High-Low testing |
short duration |
S-TMP-5 |
102 KB |
Traffic Control for trucks
hauling extra-long bridge girders |
short duration |
S-TMP-6 |
93 KB |
Asphalite operation |
fast moving |
S-TMP-7 |
109 KB |
Maintenance gravelling operation |
mobile operation |
S-TMP-8 |
101 KB |
Traffic Control for planned traffic
signal repairs |
low speed
low volume |
S-TMP-9 |
97 KB |
Traffic Control for planned traffic
signal repairs |
high speed
high volume |
S-TMP-10 |
111 KB |
Pavement marking operation |
S-TMP-11 |
129 KB |
Pavement marking operation: multi-lane road |
S-TMP-12 |
129 KB |
F) Traffic Signs |
Sign Schedule |
SS |
312 KB |
Sign Schedule of bilingual signs |
SSB |
230 KB |
Bilingual traffic signing areas:
- Region 1:
- Region 2:
- Region 3:
- Region 4:
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