10-04 Valley Forge Rd Pawlings Rd File 3366.pdf

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This document is a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 6-0 traffic signal system permit for an intersection improvement project located in Chester County, Schuylkill Township, specifically at the intersection of Valley Forge Road (SR 0023) and Pawlings Road (SR 1018). The permit details a comprehensive traffic signal installation with specific design elements including signal heads, detection zones, emergency pre-emption capabilities, and associated signage. The project involves coordinating signals between Pawlings Road and Country Club Road/Ferry Lane using fiber-optic communication, with radar and video detection systems, and includes detailed specifications for signal timing, phasing, and operational notes.

The permit includes extensive technical specifications for signal installation, such as minimum vertical clearance requirements, signal head positioning, and emergency vehicle pre-emption protocols. The design incorporates multiple detection zones with specific parameters, including advance dilemma zone detection ranging from 0-450 feet from the stop bar and density zone detection from 0-100 feet. The system permit (I-0155) mandates compliance with traffic signal standards TC-8800 series and requires coordination with local officials and utility companies to resolve potential infrastructure challenges. The document provides comprehensive details on signal indications, movement sequences, timing diagrams, and emergency pre-emption operation notes to ensure safe and efficient traffic flow at the intersection.

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PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ENGINEERING DISTRICT 6-0

COUNTY:

MUNICIPALITY:

INTERSECTION:

RECOMMENDED:

MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL

REVIEWED:

DATE

DATE

DATE

DATE

DISTRICT TRAFFIC ENGINEER

CHESTER

SCHUYLKILL TOWNSHIP

SHEET OF

GENERAL NOTES

SYSTEM PERMIT #I-0155

TRAFFIC SIGNAL STANDARDS TC-8800 SERIES.

OF JACKED UNDER THE ROADWAY. INSTALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH

OLD, OR CONCRETE ROADWAY REGARDLESS OF AGE, MUST BE BORED

CONDUIT INSTALLED IN BITUMINOUS ROADWAY LESS THAN 5 YEARS

CHANGES IN INTERSECTION GEOMETRY REGARDING EXCAVATION.

PERMITTE SHALL OBTAIN A HIGHWAY OCCUPANCY PERMIT FOR ANY

UNIT FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO BIDDING.

SPECIFICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT TRAFFIC

CONFORM TO FORM 408 AND A COPY OF THE PROPOSED

WHEN LIQUID FUELS MONEY IS USED, SIGNAL INSTALLAION MUST

UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, DATED DECEMBER 10, 1974.

LATESE AMENDMENT TO ACT 287, PREVENTION OF DAMAGE TO

UNLESS THE PERMITTEE COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE

THIS DRAWING CANNOT BE USED AS A CONSTRUCTION DRAWING

UTILITIES.

PROBLEMS WHICH MAY BE CREATED DUE TO THE LOCATION OF

LOCAL OFFICIALS AND UTILITY COMPANIES TO RESOLVE ANY

PRIOR TO INSTALLATION THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONSULT WITH

FORM 408.

INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT SPECIFICATIONS

SHALL BE PLAIN CEMENT CONCRETE CURB OR GRANITE CURB,

CURBING TO BE INSTALLED BY MUNICIPALITY AND WHERE NOTED,

INSTALLATION BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF PENNDOT.

EXACT LOCATION OF DETECTORS SHALL BE DETERMINED PRIOR TO

AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE APPROACH SHALL BE 8 FEET.

THE MINIMUM HORIZONTAL DISTANCE BETWEEN SIGNALS MEASURED

BOTTOM, AND EQUIPPED WITH BACKPLATES.

ALL OVERHEAD SIGNALS MUST BE RIGIDLY MOUNTED, TOP AND

SIDEWALK OR PAVEMENT.

MOUNTED SIGNALS SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 8 FEET ABOVE THE

VERTICAL CLEARANCE OF 16 FEET ABOVE THE ROADWAY. POST

SIGNALS ERECTED OVER THE ROADWAY SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM

FEET.

SHALL ALSO HAVE A MINIMUM CLEARANCE HORIZONTALLY OF 2

EDGE OF SHOULDER. SUPPORT POLES FOR OVERHEAD SIGNALS

HEADS A MINIMUM OF 2 FEET BEHIND THE FACE OF CURB OR THE

POST MOUNTED SIGNALS SHALL BE INSTALLED WITH THE SIGNAL

AND MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLICATION NO. 212.

ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THE PERMIT AND SHALL BE INSTALLED

ALL SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS INDICATED ON THIS DRAWING

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PERMITTEE.

NECESSARY FOR PROPER VISIBILITY OF THE SIGNALS IS THE

ALL MAINTENANCE WORK INCLUDING TRIMMING OF TREES,

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

PRIOR APPROVAL IS GRANTED IN WRITING BY A REPRESENTATIVE

NO MODIFICATIONS OF THIS INSTALLATION ARE PERMITTED UNLESS

0 25 50 FEET

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DETECTION

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DETECTION

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SIGNAL HEAD

SIGNAL HEAD WITH

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PHASE NUMBER

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PEDESTRIAN PUSHBUTTON

CONTROLLER ASSEMBLY

IDENTIFYING LETTER

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FAIL-SAFE INDICATOR

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GREEN BACKGROUND

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10.6" UPPERCASE

CLEARVIEW ONE CD-45

2+6 START OF YELLOW (INTERVAL 5).

GREEN (INTERVAL 4). OFFSET 2 REFERENCED TO PHASE

TIMES. OFFSET 1 REFERENCED TO PHASE 2+6 START OF

SEE SYSTEM PLAN I-0053 FOR SIGNAL SYSTEM PROGRAM

MEANS OF FIBER-OPTIC COMMUNICATION.

PAWLINGS ROAD TO COUNTRY CLUB ROAD/FERRY LANE BY

SIGNALS ON VALLEY FORGE ROAD (SR 0023) FROM

THIS SIGNAL IS TO BE COORDINATED WITH ADJACENT

RIGHT TURN SIGNAL30"x36"R10-10RP

SIGNAL AHEAD36"x36"W3-3M

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PAWLINGS RD (SR 1018)

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SPEED BOUNDARY: MIN 27 MPH - MAX 100 MPH

RANGE OF DETECTION: MIN 0 - MAX 450 FROM STOP BAR

ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL: MIN 2.5 - MAX 5.5 SEC

MINUMUM SPEED BOUNDARY: MIN 5 MPH - MAX 30 MPH

RANGE OF DETECTION: 0-100 FEET FROM STOP BAR

DENSITY ZONE NOTES:

Valley Forge Rd

VIDEO DETECTOR

VIDEO DETECTION ZONE

RADAR DETECTOR

RADAR DETECTION ZONE

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Pawlings Rd

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DATEDATEDATE RECOM.REVW.REVW.

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NO. REVISION

FILE #PERMIT #

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ENGINEERING DISTRICT 6-0

COUNTY:

MUNICIPALITY:

INTERSECTION:

RECOMMENDED:

MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL

REVIEWED:

DATE

DATE

DATE

DATE

DISTRICT TRAFFIC ENGINEER

CHESTER

SCHUYLKILL TOWNSHIP

SHEET OF

GENERAL NOTES

SYSTEM PERMIT #I-0155

TRAFFIC SIGNAL STANDARDS TC-8800 SERIES.

OF JACKED UNDER THE ROADWAY. INSTALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH

OLD, OR CONCRETE ROADWAY REGARDLESS OF AGE, MUST BE BORED

CONDUIT INSTALLED IN BITUMINOUS ROADWAY LESS THAN 5 YEARS

CHANGES IN INTERSECTION GEOMETRY REGARDING EXCAVATION.

PERMITTE SHALL OBTAIN A HIGHWAY OCCUPANCY PERMIT FOR ANY

UNIT FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO BIDDING.

SPECIFICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT TRAFFIC

CONFORM TO FORM 408 AND A COPY OF THE PROPOSED

WHEN LIQUID FUELS MONEY IS USED, SIGNAL INSTALLAION MUST

UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, DATED DECEMBER 10, 1974.

LATESE AMENDMENT TO ACT 287, PREVENTION OF DAMAGE TO

UNLESS THE PERMITTEE COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE

THIS DRAWING CANNOT BE USED AS A CONSTRUCTION DRAWING

UTILITIES.

PROBLEMS WHICH MAY BE CREATED DUE TO THE LOCATION OF

LOCAL OFFICIALS AND UTILITY COMPANIES TO RESOLVE ANY

PRIOR TO INSTALLATION THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONSULT WITH

FORM 408.

INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT SPECIFICATIONS

SHALL BE PLAIN CEMENT CONCRETE CURB OR GRANITE CURB,

CURBING TO BE INSTALLED BY MUNICIPALITY AND WHERE NOTED,

INSTALLATION BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF PENNDOT.

EXACT LOCATION OF DETECTORS SHALL BE DETERMINED PRIOR TO

AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE APPROACH SHALL BE 8 FEET.

THE MINIMUM HORIZONTAL DISTANCE BETWEEN SIGNALS MEASURED

BOTTOM, AND EQUIPPED WITH BACKPLATES.

ALL OVERHEAD SIGNALS MUST BE RIGIDLY MOUNTED, TOP AND

SIDEWALK OR PAVEMENT.

MOUNTED SIGNALS SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 8 FEET ABOVE THE

VERTICAL CLEARANCE OF 16 FEET ABOVE THE ROADWAY. POST

SIGNALS ERECTED OVER THE ROADWAY SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM

FEET.

SHALL ALSO HAVE A MINIMUM CLEARANCE HORIZONTALLY OF 2

EDGE OF SHOULDER. SUPPORT POLES FOR OVERHEAD SIGNALS

HEADS A MINIMUM OF 2 FEET BEHIND THE FACE OF CURB OR THE

POST MOUNTED SIGNALS SHALL BE INSTALLED WITH THE SIGNAL

AND MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLICATION NO. 212.

ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THE PERMIT AND SHALL BE INSTALLED

ALL SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS INDICATED ON THIS DRAWING

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PERMITTEE.

NECESSARY FOR PROPER VISIBILITY OF THE SIGNALS IS THE

ALL MAINTENANCE WORK INCLUDING TRIMMING OF TREES,

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

PRIOR APPROVAL IS GRANTED IN WRITING BY A REPRESENTATIVE

NO MODIFICATIONS OF THIS INSTALLATION ARE PERMITTED UNLESS

0 25 50 FEET

SCALE

LEGAL RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE

LEGAL RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE

EMERGENCY PRE-EMPTION NOTES:

EMERGENCY PRE-EMPTION.

GIVE UNCODED EMITTERS THE ABILITY TO ACTIVATE THE

RECOMMENDED TO HAVE THE ZERO "00" FEATURE ON, TO

CAPABILITIES FOR VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION, IT IS

NOTE: IF PRE-EMPTION EQUIPMENT HAS ENCODING

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STOP BAR

DECTECTION 450' FROM

LIMIT OF DILEMMA ZONE

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LIMIT OF DILEMMA ZONE

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VALLEY FORGE RD (SR 2023) &

PAWLINGS RD (SR 1018)

MAXIMUM OPERATION.

LOCATION OF EMERGENCY VEHICLE DETECTORS ARE TO BE FIELD ADJUSTED TO ACHIEVE

APPROPRIATE APPROACH.

FLASH WHEN THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE HAS CONTROL OF THE INTERSECTION FOR THE

THIS EMERGENCY BEACON SHALL CONSIST OF A FLASHING WHITE FLOOD LIGHT, AND SHALL

FORGE ROAD (SR 0023) WITH A FAIL SAFE DEVICE FOR EACH DIRECTION OF OPERATION.

OF PAWLINGS ROAD (SR 1018) AND THE EASTBOUND & WESTBOUND APPROACHES OF VALLEY

CONTROLLER TO BE EQUIPPED WITH EMERGENCY PRE-EMPTION FOR THE SOUTHBOUND APPROACH

A "FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE" OPERATION.

IN EMERGENCY PRE-EMPTION, NO PRIORITY SHALL BE ESTABLISHED. PRE-EMPTION SHALL BE

OPERATION, PHASE 2+6 INTERVAL 4 SHALL FOLLOW.

UPON COMPLETION OF PRE-EMPTION PHASE 2+5, 4, OR 6 IN RETURNING TO NORMAL

PRE-EMPTION PHASE SHALL TIME OUT BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE NEXT PRE-EMPTION PHASE.

IF ADDITIONAL PRE-EMPTION PHASES ARE ACTIVATED WHILE IN PRE-EMPTION, THE ORIGINAL

SHALL REMAIN FLASHING.

IF THE SIGNALS, WHEN ACTIVATED BY AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE ARE FLASHING, ALL SIGNALS

GOVERNED BY THE APPROACHING EMERGENCY VEHICLE.

RED INDICATIONS, FOLLOWED BY THE GREEN INTERVAL OF THE PRE-EMPTION PHASE

THE SIGNALS, WHEN ACTIVATED BY EMERGENCY VEHICLE SHALL TIME OUT ALL YELLOW AND

WHEN GOVERNED BY APPROACHING EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

FOLLOW ONLY PHASES NOT POSING A YELLOW TRAP CONDITION MAY REMAIN GREEN (2 OR 4)

INTERVALS, ACCORDINGLY. THEN THE GREEN INTERVAL FOR THE PRE-EMPTED PHASE SHALL

INDICATIONS IMMEDIATELY, FOLLOWED BY THE COMPLETE YELLOW AND RED CLEARANCE

THE SIGNALS, WHEN ACTIVATED BY EMERGENCY VEHICLES, SHALL TERMINATE ALL GREEN

FOLLOW ONLY PHASES NOT POSING A YELLOW TRAP CONDITION MAY REMAIN GREEN (2 OR 4) W ONLY PHASES NOT POSING A YELLOW TRAP CONDITION MAY REMAIN GREEN (2 OR 4LY

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