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Roadway Characteristics Inventory Handbook

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Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)’s Roadway Characteristics Inventory (RCI) Handbook has been developed as a guide for personnel responsible for performing business functions that maintain the strategic development and planning of transportation data for the Department and the system of record commonly referred to as RCI. This resource covers the following:

Describes how RCI supports the business data requirements and users of the system.
Documents the processes for establishing and managing the location of roadway assets and multimodal travel ways.
Documents the processes for establishing and managing the location of roadway assets and multimodal travel ways.
Establishes data governance for RCI features and characteristics data collection.
Provides the data quality management processes that maintain the integrity of the data management system.

The Transportation Data and Analytics (TDA) Office is responsible for the maintenance of this handbook and coordinates changes with other offices. This handbook is used by FDOT personnel in the District and Central Offices who perform data collection in the field and in the office.

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RCI Handbook (By Chapter)

Chapter	Chapter Title	Description
1	Executive Summary
2	Introduction to RCI	An overview of what is RCI; who uses RCI; and an introduction to terms used in the RCI process
3	RCI Fundamentals	Basic information to assist the reader in understanding the structure and terms found in the handbook
4	Data Collection Process	Guidance for the general processes used to conduct roadway inventory for the various inventory types
5	RCI Procedures	Detailed guidance that focuses on the life cycle of a Roadway ID and the many aspects of data collection procedures. Describes unique data collection situations that may be encountered during field inventory or data input.
6	Linear Referencing System	Information on FDOT’s Linear Reference System (LRS) and Transportation Data and Analytics (TDA) GIS applications
7	RCI Features and Characteristics	Detailed information on each RCI feature and characteristic.
8	RCI and DART Reports	Overview of the various RCI reports.
9	DART Application/Edits	Key information on the DART Application and a description of its edits
Appendices

RCI Handbook (by RCI Features):

To go directly to a feature, click: 100, 200, 300, 400, 800, 900, Appendix

Feature	Feature Name	Contact
100 SERIES - ADMINISTRATIVE FEATURES (DESIGNATIONS)
111	State Road System	TDA
	STROADNO - State Road Number
	STRDNUM2 - Secondary State Road Number
112	Federal System	TDA
	FAHWYSYS - Federal Highway System Code
	NHSCID - National Highway System Connector
	NHSDATE - NHS Date
	OLDFASYS - Old Federal Highway System
	SPECSYS - Special Systems
	STGHWNWK - Strategic Highway Network Code
	TRAVLWAY - Travel Way Along Roadway
113	AASHTO - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials	TDA
	USROUTE - US Route Number
	USROUTE2 - Secondary US Route Number
114	Local System	TDA
	LOCALNAM - Local Name of Facility
115	Special Designations	TDA
	SCENEHWY - Scenic Highway Designation
	SCENEDTE - Scenic Highway Designation Date
	SCENEEXT - Scenic Highway Designation Extension
116	Freight Networks	TDA
	NHFN - National Highway Freight Network
117	Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Designated Boundaries	TDA
	FIPSPLCD - FIPS Census Place (City) Code
	FIPSUACD - FIPS Urban Area Code
118	HPMS - Highway Performance Monitoring System	TDA
	ATGROTHR - Other or No control At-Grade Intersections
	ATGRSIG - Signals At-Grade Intersections
	ATGRSTOP - Stop Signs At-Grade Intersections
	ATGRTYPE - At-Grade Type - First or Last
	CURCLASx - Curves by Class (x=A-F)
	GRACLASX - Grades by Class (x=A-F)
	HORALADQ - Horizontal Alignment Adequacy
	HPMSIDNO - HPMS Sample ID Number
	LOADTDEV - HPMS Sample Type
	PEAKLANE - Number of Lanes in Peak Direction Peak Hour
	SIGPREV - Prevailing Type of Signalizations
	SIT1500 - % of Passing Sight Distance >=1500 feet
	TERRAIN - Type of Land Terrain
	TURNLANL - Turn Lane Left
	TURNLANR - Turn Lane Right
	TYPEOP - Type of Parking
	VRTALADQ - Vertical Alignment Adequacy
	WIDEFEAS - Is Widening Feasible
	WIDOBST - Widening Obstacles - A through G, and X
	WIDPOTNL - Widening Potential Lanes
119	HPMS - Universe	TDA
	BASETHIK - HPMS Base Course Thickness
	BASETYPE - HPMS Base Type
	FLEXTHIK - HPMS Thickness of Flexible Pavements
	HOVNUMLN - Number of Associated Managed Lanes
	HOVTYPE - Type of Associated Managed Lanes Operation
	IRIDATE - International Roughness Index Collection Date
	OVRYTHIK - HPMS Last Overlay Thickness
	RAMPFC - Ramp Federal Category
	RIGDTHIK - Thickness of Rigid Pavement
	SURFACTP - Surface Type
	TOLLCHGS - Toll Charges
	TOLLTYPE - Toll Type
	YRCONST - Year of Last Construction
	YRIMPT - Year of Last Improvement
120	Type of Road	TDA
	RTESGNCD - Route Signing
	TYPEROAD - Type of Road
121	Functional Classification	TDA
	FUNCLASS - Functional Classification
122	Facility Classification	TDA
	OWNAUTH - Owning Authority
	RDACCESS - Access Control Type
	TOLLNAME - Name of Toll Facility
	TOLLROAD - Toll Road Flag
123	Proposed Functional Classification	TDA
	PROFUNCL - Proposed Functional Classification
124	Urban Classification	TDA
	HWYLOCAL - Highway Location Code
	MPOAREA - Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Area
	PLACECD - Census Place (City) Code
	URBAREA - Urban Area Number
	URBSIZE - Urban Size
125	Adjacent Land Classification	TDA
	LANDUSE - Prevailing Type of Land Use
	ROUGHIND - Pavement Roughness Index
126	Preliminary Context Classification	TDA
	CCTXTCLS - Preliminary Current Context Classification
	FCTXTCLS - Future Context Classification
	CCTXTDTE - Preliminary Current Context Classification Date
	FCTXTCLS - Future Context Classification Date
137	Maintenance Area Boundary	TDA
	CCNUMBER - Cost Center Number
138	Roadway Realignment	TDA
	NALIGNDT - New Alignment Date
	NALIGNID - Section/Sub-section of New Alignment
	NALNBGPT - New Alignment Begin MP
	NALNENPT - New Alignment End MP
139	New Realignment	TDA
	OALIGNID - Section/Sub-section of Old Alignment
	OALNBGPT - Old Alignment Begin MP
	OALNENPT - Old Alignment End MP
140	Section Status Exception	TDA
	OSDATE - On or Off-System Date
	STATEXPT - Segment Status
141	Stationing Exceptions	TDA
	BEGSECPT - Begin Section Milepoint of Exception Field
	ENDSECPT - End Section Milepoint of Exception Field
	RDWYID - County, Section, Sub-section
142	Managed Lanes	TDA
	CMLBMP - Composite Managed Lane Begin Milepoint
	CMLEMP - Composite Managed Lane End Milepoint
	CMLRDWY - Composite Managed Lane Roadway ID
	LMLBMP - Left Managed Lane Begin Milepoint
	MAINBMP - Mainline Begin Milepoint
	MAINEMP - Mainline End Milepoint
	MAINRDWY - Mainline Roadway ID
	RMLBMP - Right Managed Lane Begin Milepoint
	RMLEMP - Right Managed Lane End Milepoint
	RMLRDWY - Right Managed Lane Roadway ID
143	Associated Station Exception	TDA
	BEGSECPT - Begin Section Milepoint of Exception Field
	ENDSECPT - End Section Milepoint of Exception Field
	RDWYID - County, Section, Sub-section
146	Access Management	TDA
	ACMANCLS - Access Management Classification
147	Strategic Intermodal System	SIO
	SISFCTPx - SIS Facility Type Level (x=1-9)
	SISMPIDx - SIS Facility Map ID Level (x=1-9)
200 SERIES - PHYSICAL FEATURES (GEOMETRIC)		Back to Top
212	Through Lanes	TDA
	NOLANES - Number of Roadway Lanes
	SURWIDTH - Pavement Surface Width
213	Auxiliary Lanes	TDA
	AUXLNTYP - Auxiliary Lane Type
	AUXLNUM - Number of Auxiliary Lanes
	AUXLNWTH - Average Auxiliary Lane Width
214	Outside Shoulders	TDA
	MLTRFSEP - Managed Lane Separator
	SHLDTYPE - Highway Shoulder Type
	SHLDTYPx - Highway Shoulder Type (x=2,3)
	SLDWIDTH - Highway Shoulder Width
	SHLDWTHx - Highway Shoulder Width (x=2,3)
215	Medians	TDA
	MDBARTYP - Type of Median Barrier
	MEDWIDTH - Highway Median Width
	RDMEDIAN - Highway Median Type
	RDMEDIAN (For informational purposes only) - Type of Median
216	Bike Lanes/Pedestrian Facilities	TDA
	BIKELNCD - Bicycle Lane
	BIKESLTCD - Bicycle Keyhole Lanes
	SDWLKBCD - Sidewalk Barrier Code
	SHARDPTH - Shared Path Width & Separation
	SIDWLKWD - Sidewalk Width & Separation
217	Sidewalks	OOM
	SIDEWALK - Sidewalk Width
219	Inside Shoulders	TDA
	ISLDTYPE - Inside Shoulder Type
	ISLDTYPx - Inside Shoulder Type (x=2,3)
	ISLDWDTH - Inside Shoulder Width
	ISLDWTHx - Inside Shoulder Width (x=2,3)
220	Non Curve Intersection Point	TDA
	NCPTINT - Non Curve Point of Intersection
221	Horizontal Curve	TDA
	BEARING - Compass Bearing
	HRZCANGL - Horizontal Curve Central Angle
	HRZDGCRV - Horizontal Degree of Curve
	HRZPTINT - Horizontal Point of Intersection
230	Surface Description	TDA
	PAVECOND - Pavement Condition
	PAVINDEX - Pavement Index
	SURFNUM - Pavement Surface Type
232	Surface Layers	TDA
	FRICTCSE - Friction Course
	SURFLxTH - Pavement Surface Thickness (x=1-7)
	SURFLAYx - Pavement Surface Layer (x=1-7)
233	Base	TDA
	BASETHK - Roadway Base Thickness
	TYPEBASE - Type of Roadway Base Material
241	Crossdrains	OOM
	BOXCULHT - Box Culvert Height
	BOXCULLT - Box Culvert Width
	BXCULGTH - Box Culvert Length
	CRSDRLGH - Length of Crossdrain Pipes
	NOBXCULV - Number of Box Culverts
	NOCRDRAN - Number of Crossdrain Pipes
	PIPEDIAM - Pipe Diameter
	PIPEHIGH - Non-Circular Pipe Height
	PIPETYPE - Type of Pipe
	PIPEWDTH - Non-Circular Pipe Width
242	Storm Sewers	OOM
	Storm Sewer Summary
	INLETS - Number of Curb Inlets
	MANHOLES - Number of Manholes
	MDITCBAS - Number of Catch Basins
243	Off Roadway Areas	OOM
	BORRPITS - Number of Borrow Pits
	MITARACR - Mitigation Area
	RETAREAS - Number of Retention Areas
	SEDBASIN - Number of Sediment Basins
245	Roadside Ditches	OOM
	FRDRNLEN - French Drain Roadside Ditch Length
	PAVDTLEN - Paved Roadside Ditch Length
	STMSWLEN - Storm Sewer Roadside Ditch Length
	TRKLNLEN - Trunk Line Roadside Ditch Length
248	Outfall Ditches	OOM
	ODITHAND - Outfall Ditch by Hand Length
	ODITHAUL - Outfall Ditch by Hauled Length
	ODITPAVE - Outfall Ditch by Length Paved
	ODITPIPE - Outfall Ditch by Length Piped
	ODITSPR - Outfall Ditch Spread Length
251	Intersections	TDA
	BEGSECNM - Begin Roadway Section Milepoint Description
	ENDSECNM - End Roadway Section Milepoint Description
	INTSDIRx - Intersection Direction (x=1-9)
	INTSRTPx - Intersection Surface Type (x=1-9)
252	Interchanges	TDA
	CROSRDNM - Crossing Roadway Name
	EXITNO - Interchange/Exit Number
	INTERCHG - Type of Interchange
253	Railroads	TDA
	CHKDIGIT - Check Digit
	RRCROSNO - National Railroad (RR) Grade Crossing Number
256	Turnouts	OOM
	TRNOTPNP - Paved Turnouts Without Pipe
	TRNOTPPI - Paved Turnouts With Pipe
	TRNOTUNP - Unpaved Turnouts Without Pipe
	TRNOTUPI - Unpaved Turnouts With Pipe
	WSTRNPNP - Average Width Turnout, Paved, No Pipe
	WDTRNPPI - Average Width Turnout, Paved, With Pipe
	WDTRNUNP - Average Width Turnout, Unpaved, No Pipe
	WDTRNUPI - Average Width Turnout, Unpaved, With Pipe
257	Crossovers	OOM
	CROVERLG - Length of Crossover
258	Structures	TDA
	BOXCULNO - Box Culvert Number
	BRIDGENO - Bridge Number
	FACCROSS - Facility Crossed
	TUNNELNO - Tunnel Number
	UNDPASNO - Underpass Number
271	Guardrail	OOM
	BARRWALL - Barrier Wall Length
	DBLGRAIL - Double Face Guardrail Length
	SPCGRAIL - Miscellaneous Guardrail Length
	STDGRAIL - Standard Guardrail Length
272	Fencing	OOM
	CHNLKFCS - Number of Chain Link Fences
	MISCFCS - Length of Miscellaneous Fences
	OTHERFCS - Number of Other Types of Fences
	WOVENFCS - Number of Woven Wire Fences (aka Hog Wire)
273	Cable Barriers	OOM
	CABLBRTY - Cable Barrier Type
	CABLWIRE - Number of Cable Wires
275	Miscellaneous Concrete Structures	OOM
	NOISBARR - Noise Barrier Wall
	RETWALL - Retaining Wall Length
	SEAWALL - Seawall Length
	SLOPEPAV - Slope Pavement Area Concrete
	SLOPERIP - Slope Paving Area Rip-Rap
300 SERIES - OPERATIONAL FEATURES		Back to Top
311	Speed Limits	TEO
	DTESZAPP - Date Speed Zone Approved
	DTESZIMP - Date Speed Zone Implemented
	MAXSPEED - Maximum Speed Limit
	MINSPEED - Minimum Speed Limit
312	Turning Restrictions	TEO
	DTETMAPP - Date Turning Movement Approved
	DTETMIMP - Date Turning Movement Implemented
	LMTRSTRC - Limited Turn Restriction Time
	TURNMOVE - Turning Movement Restriction
313	Parking	TEO
	DTEPKAPP - Date Parking Approved
	DTEPKIMP - Date Parking Restriction Implemented
	PKRSTIME - Parking Restriction Time
	TYPEPARK - Type of Roadway Parking
320	Mile Markers Signs	TDA
	MILEMARK - Mile Marker Sign
322	Signals	TEO
	MAINTAGC - Maintaining Agency Name
	SDESTRET - Side Street Name
	SIGNALID - Signal Cabinet ID Number
	SIGNALNC - Non-counted Signal
	SIGNALTY - Type of Traffic Signal
	SIGOPDTE - Date Signal Operational
	SIGSTRCT - Type of Signal Structure
	TYPECABL - Type of Cable Connection
323	School Zones	TEO
	SCHLNAME - School Name
	SCHLPED - School Speed Zone
326	Traffic Monitoring Sites	TDA
	TRFSTANO - Traffic Station Number
	TRSTATYP - Traffic Station Type
330	Traffic Flow Break Stations	TDA
	FLWBRKID - Count Station Assigned to Break
	TRFBRKCD - Traffic Break Code
331	Traffic Flow Breaks	TDA
	AADTDATE - Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) Date
	AADTTYPE - Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) Type
	AVGDFACT - Roadway Section Average D Factor
	AVGKFACT - K Factor
	AVGTFACT - Section Average T Factor
	SECTADT - Section Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT)
341	Lighting System	OOM
	LOCOWNER - Owner of Local Luminaries
	NOALMPOL - Number of Aluminum Poles
	NOCONPOL - Number of Concrete Poles
	NOFIBPOL - Number of Fiberglass Poles
	NOHMSLUM - Number of High Mast Luminaries
	NOLOCLUM - Luminaries Under Local Agreement
	NOOTHPOL - Number of High Mast Poles
	NOSGMLUM - Number of Sign Luminaries
	NOSTDLUM - Number of Standard Luminaries
	NOSTLPOL - Number of Steel Poles (not to include high mast)
	NOUDKLUM - Number of Underdeck Luminaries
	NOWODPOL - Number of Wood Poles
360	Toll Plazas	TDA
	TOLPLZNM - Toll Plaza Name
361	Service Plazas	TDA
	SVCPLZNM - Service Plaza Name
400 SERIES - MAINTENANCE FEATURES		Back to Top
411	Roadside Mowing	OOM
	INMACHMW - Intermediate Machine Mowing
	RDSDMOW - Roadside Mowing Area (Large)
	SLOPEMOW - Slopes Mowable Area
	SMMACMOW - Small Machine Mowing Area
412	Weed Control	OOM
	HANDCUT - Hand Cut Area
	MWEEDCTL - Mechanical Weed Control Area
	OBSPRAY - Obstruction Spraying Area
413	Landscape Area	OOM
	BOLDLAND - Bold Landscaping
	LANDSCPE - Landscape Area
421	Roadside Ditch Cleaning	OOM
	RDCANALS - Number of Roadside Canals
	RDITEXCA - Number of Roadside Ditches (Excavator)
422	Median Ditch Cleaning	OOM
	MDITHEXC - Number of Median Ditches (Excavator)
	MDITPAVE - Number of Median Ditches (Paved)
	MDITPIPE - Number of Median Ditches (Piped)
431	Parks and Rest Areas	OOM
	RSTAREAS - Number of Rest Areas Without Facilities
	RSTARFAC - Number of Rest Areas With Facilities
	WAYSDPKS - Number of Wayside Parks
	WEIGHSTA - Number of Weigh Stations
	WELCMSTA - Number of Welcome Stations
443	Delineators	OOM
	BRDELIN - Number of Bridge End Delineators
	DELINEAT - Number of Guide Posts/Hazard Marker Delineators
451	Striping	OOM
	DBLELINE - Number of Stripes - Double White or Yellow
	SKIPLINE - Number of Stripes - Skip White or Yellow
	SKIPWHBK - Number of Stripes - Skip White With Black
	SNGLLINE - Number of Stripes - Single White or Yellow
452	Symbols and Messages	OOM
	CRSHATCH - Crosshatching Area
	CURBMARK - Curb Marking Area
	PNTARROW - Number of Arrows
	PNTLETTR - Number of Letters
	RADIUSMK - Radius Marking Area
453	Cross Walks	OOM
	CRWALK24 - Number of 24 Foot Crosswalks
	CRWALK36 - Number of 36 Foot Crosswalks
	CRWALK48 - Number of 48 Foot Crosswalks
	CRWALK60 - Number of 60 Foot Crosswalks
	CRWALK72 - Number of 72 Foot Crosswalks
454	Stop Bars	OOM
	STOPBR12 - Number of 12 Foot Stop Bars
	STOPBR18 - Number of 18 Foot Stop Bars
	STOPBR24 - Number of 24 Foot Stop Bars
	STOPBR36 - Number of 36 Foot Stop Bars
	STOPBR48 - Number of 48 Foot Stop Bars
455	Raised Pavement Markers	OOM
	PAVTMARK - Number of Raised Pavement Markers
460	Attentuators	OOM
	ATCONDTN - Attenuator Condition
	ATINSPEC - Attentuator Inspection Date
	ATREPAIR - Attentuator Repair Date
	ATRMRKS1 - Attentuator Remarks - 1
	ATRMRKS2 - Attentuator Remarks - 2
	ATTLOCCD - Attentuator Location
	ATTMODEL - Attentuator Model Number
	ATTYPECD - Attenuator Type
	ATTYPINS - Attentuator Inspection Type
	VEHDIRCD - General Vehicular Direction
480	Highway Signs	OOM
	CANTSTR - Number of Cantilever Structures
	CNPANG30 - Number of Construct Panels Overhead and Ground Greater
	GRPSTG30 - Number of Ground Sign Posts Greater than 30 Square Feet
	GRPSTL30 - Number of Ground Sign Posts Less than 30 Square Feet
	OVRLNSTR - Number of Full Overlane Structures
	PANLLT30 - Ground Panels Less than 30 Square Feet
481	Highway Maintenance Classification	OOM
	HIWMNCLS - Highway Maintenance Classification
800 SERIES - NON-MOTORIZED WAY FEATURES		Back to Top
801	Shared-Use Nonmotorized (SUN) Trails	SIO
	SUNTRTYP - SUN Trails Type
	SUNTRCOR - SUN Trails Corridor Name
900 SERIES - RAIL LINE FEATURES		Back to Top
901	Rail Line Facility	FMO
	RRCLASST - Railroad Class Type
	RRCONAME - Railroad Company Name
	RRLINETP - Railroad Line Type
	RROUTEID - Railroad Route ID
	RSISFIDx - Railroad Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) Facility ID Level
	RSISFTPx - Railroad Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) Facility Type Level (x=1-9)
902	Passenger Rail	FMO
	RRPASSER - Railroad Managing Entity
	RRMANENT - Railroad Passenger
903	Railroad Passenger Station Name	FMO
	RPASTNAM - Railroad Passenger Station Name
	RRMANENT - Railroad Urban Fixed Guideway Facility Type
APPENDIX		Back to Top

	1. Florida Department of Transportation - District Map
	2. County Numbers Alphabetical/Numerical
	3. District Counties Codes - Alphabetical/Numerical
	4. Features by Owning Office
	5. Features by Type
	6. Features - Alphabetical
	7. Characteristics Listing - Alphabetical
	8. U.S. Postal Standard Street Suffixes
	9. Glossary