Document Summary

This document is the NJDOT Snow Plowing Guide, issued by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. It serves as an operational standard guide rather than a formal contract award document, establishing protocols for winter snow removal operations within New Jersey.

The guide provides comprehensive plowing standards for various highway configurations, including two-lane, three-lane, four-lane undivided, and multi-lane divided highways with different median types. It specifies truck positioning, spacing intervals (100 feet to 500 feet between vehicles), and overlapping coverage requirements to ensure complete snow removal from travel lanes and shoulders. Additional standards address specialized road features including jughandles and switch-back curve ramps. The document establishes that plowing operations use multiple trucks working in coordinated sequences, with Truck #1 typically guiding along centerlines or lane boundaries, followed by successive trucks maintaining specified distances and overlapping previously plowed areas by approximately two feet. For switch-back curve ramps, the guide recommends power-reversible plows or graders for optimal efficiency, with provisions for left-curb guidance methods when specialized equipment is unavailable. These standards apply to all state and local winter operations conducted under NJDOT authority.