Publications

This Part discusses all aspects of the planning, design and commissioning of road tunnels including structural and geotechnical requirements, fire and life safety, ventilation, lighting, traffic monitoring and control, plant monitoring and control,…

The Guide to Road Design Part 3: Geometric Designprovides road designers and other practitioners with information that is common to the geometric design of road alignments. Part 3 covers a range of geometric design topics such as operating speed,…

Guide to Road Design Part 5: Drainage Design is concerned with road drainage design for all drainage infrastructure, except bridges which is covered in the Austroads Guide to Bridge Technology. Part 5 provides guidance on good design process and…

Part 1 of the Guide to Road Designprovides an introduction to the guide, defining its status, purpose and areas of application and describing the functions and content of each of its nine parts. The context of the road design process within each of…

The Guide to Road Design – Part 4A: Unsignalised and Signalised Intersections provides road designers and other practitioners with guidance on the detailed geometric design of all at-grade intersections (excluding roundabouts). However, some of the…

Austroads Guide to Road Tunnels Part 3: Operation and Maintenance provides guidance on the management of operation and maintenance of road tunnels, including the factors to be considered in setting appropriate performance standards. It also provides…

This Austroads Guide provides a comprehensive introduction to planning for road tunnels and describes important issues and considerations relating to implementation, general planning, regulation, structural and geometric design, drainage, geology,…

Part 2: Pavement Structural Design – provides advice for the structural design of sealed road pavements. The advice has been generally developed from the approaches followed in the Austroads member authorities. However, as it encompasses the wide…

Guide to Road Design Part 6: Roadside Design, Safety and Barriers provides an introduction to roadside design and guidance on roadside safety and the selection and use of road safety barrier systems. Roadsides have to accommodate many features that…