4.10.10 Right of Way Width

ROW width is the area necessary to accommodate the various cross-sectional elements, including widths of travel and turning lanes, bicycle lanes, shoulders, or parking lanes, median, borders, sidewalks, sidewalk offsets, slopes and provide ramps or connecting roadways where interchanges are involved.
The width of ROW for urban streets is influenced by the following factors:
  • Traffic volume requirements;
  • Land use;
  • Drainage considerations;
  • Utilities;
  • Availability and cost; and
  • Extent of expansion.