Erie County Engineer's Office
Access Management Manual
Effective: April 30, 2006
Chapter
Three
ACCESS CATEGORIES 301 - PURPOSE AND USE This section describes the access categories to which all
sections
of County and Township roadways have been assigned. Each
category describes the function of the roadways included in
the
category and the operational standards that are applied to
maintain
the roadway’s capacity, traffic flow, and safety.
302 - ACCESS CATEGORIES 302.1 The access categories described in this Manual shall
directly
correspond to the functional classifications assigned to
each
roadway by the Federal Highway Administration and the Ohio
Department of Transportation, with modifications and
operational
descriptions as prescribed by this Manual. 302.2 Because the jurisdiction of this Manual is limited to
County
and Township roads, not all functional classification
categories are
used in this Manual. Certain functional classifications are
not
presently assigned to any roadways under the jurisdiction of
this
Manual. Functional classifications not used include: Rural System
● Interstate
● Principle Arterial Urban System
● Interstate
● Freeway/Expressway
● Other Principle (non-Interstate) Arterial
302.3 Appendix C includes a map and a list of the access
categories for roads in the unincorporated parts of Erie
County.
303 - RURAL SYSTEM 303.1 Rural Minor Arterial (Functional Classification 06)
303.1.1 Links cities, larger towns, and other traffic
generators (such
as major resort areas) that are capable of attracting
intercounty and
intrastate travel. 303.1.2 Provides service to corridors with trip lengths and
travel
density greater than those served by rural collectors or
local systems. 303.1.3 Provides for relatively high
overall travel speeds, with
minimum interference to through traffic movement.
303.2
Rural Collector (Functional Classifications 07 and 08)
303.2.1 This classification includes the functional
classifications of
both Rural Major Collector and Rural Minor Collector. 303.2.2 Provides service to towns not directly served by
arterial
systems and to other traffic generators of equivalent
intracounty
importance, such as consolidated schools, parks, and
important
agricultural, commercial, or industrial areas. 303.2.3 Links these places with nearby larger towns or
cities, or
with roadways of higher classification; brings developed
areas
within reasonable distance of arterials. 303.2.4 Generally serves the more important intracounty
travel
corridors, and links locally important traffic generators
with other
rural areas.
303.3 Rural Local (Functional Classification 09)
303.3.1 Primarily provides access to adjacent land.
303.3.2 Provides service to travel over relatively short
distances as
compared to collectors or other higher systems.
304 - URBAN SYSTEM 304.1 Urban Minor Arterial (Functional Classification 16)
304.1.1 Interconnects with and augments the urban principle
arterial system and provides service to trips of moderate
length at a
somewhat lower level of mobility than principle arterials.
This
system also distributes travel to geographic areas smaller
than
those identified with the higher system. 304.1.2 Includes all facilities not classified as principle
and contains
facilities that place more emphasis on land access than the
higher
system and offer a lower level of mobility. Such facilities
provide
intracommunity continuity, but ideally do not penetrate
identifiable
neighborhoods. The system includes urban connections to
rural
collector roads where such connections have not been
classified as
urban principle arterials.
304.2 Urban Collector
(Functional Classification 17)
304.2.1 Provides both land access service and traffic
circulation
within residential, commercial, and industrial areas. 304.2.2 Distributes trips from the arterial system through
the area to
the ultimate destination. Also collects traffic from local
roadways
and channels trips to the arterial system. 304.3 Urban Local (Functional Classification 19)
304.3.1 Provides primarily direct access to adjacent land
and
access to higher order systems. 304.3.2 Provides the lowest level of mobility. Service to
through
traffic is deliberately discouraged. |
