Michigan Department of Transportation
Special Details

General
Special details are engineering drawings that are frequently draft versions of Standard Plans in the approval process. Once Department Administrators and the FHWA approve a special detail, it becomes a Standard Plan. The Design Standards Unit also produces special details of experimental items that may or may not become Standard Plans and of items that have a special limited use. Most special details that have a special limited use are eventually dropped when all the conditions they were specifically designed for have been met. Current applicable special details are listed on the note sheet of a set of construction plans and are also physically attached to those plans.

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Viewing Information
The special details are available in portable document format (pdf). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software to read or print the special details. This software is free and may be downloaded from the Adobe Website.

Special Detail Information
For information regarding the technical content of the special details contact:
Carlos Libiran, Design Standards Engineer
phone: 517-335-1904
email: libiranc@michigan.gov.

How to Order a Printed Copy
Purchasing information for those requiring a printed copy of the Standard Plan book, contact:
Michael Fiero
phone: 517-322-1676
email: FieroM@michigan.gov