Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) The
sidewalk area shall be graded to comply with the requirements of
N.J.A.C.
16:47-3.9(d), which is
either four or six inches (100 or 150 millimeters) above the shoulder grade of
the highway and have a minimum of four inches (100 millimeters) of topsoil,
which shall either be fertilized, seeded, and mulched or sodded in accordance
with "Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction." Planting may
be done with the approval of the Department; however, clear zones and sight
distance standards shall be met. The Department favors the construction of
sidewalk; however, sidewalks are not required unless specified by the
Department, the applicant, or local ordinance. Curb ramps for the physically
handicapped shall be provided when required by Section 5-07.2 of the "New
Jersey Department of Transportation Design Manual--Roadway." The Department is
not responsible for maintaining sidewalk.
(b) Concrete sidewalk shall be as follows:
1. Concrete sidewalk to be constructed within
State highway right-of-way shall be Class B air-entrained concrete, and shall
conform to the requirements set forth in "Standard Specifications for Road and
Bridge Construction" unless specifically otherwise allowed in the permit. The
subgrade shall also be prepared in accordance with these
specifications.
2. The concrete
proportion shall consist of one part Portland cement, two parts sand, and four
parts crushed stone or washed gravel as provided in "Standard Specifications
for Road and Bridge Construction," Section 914, and be constructed no less than
four inches (100 millimeters) thick.
3. Alignment and grade shall be as shown on
the plans.
4. Transverse expansion
joints shall be one-half inch (13 millimeters) wide, provided at intervals of
not more that 20 feet (six meters), and filled with prefabricated bituminous
cellular type joint filler.
5.
Longitudinal joints shall be one-quarter inch (six millimeters) wide, provided
between curbs and abutting sidewalks, and filled with bituminous type joint
filler.
6. Transverse surface
grooves shall be cut in sidewalk between expansion joints at intervals equal to
the sidewalk width.
7. Slope shall
be one-quarter inch per foot (two percent) rising from the top of the adjacent
curb.
8. The top of the sidewalk
shall be finished with a wood float, followed by brushing with a wet soft-hair
brush to a neat and workmanlike surface. All edges shall be neatly rounded to
one-quarter inch.
