County or Company

Col. Column

A

AASHO

AASHTO

ABC

Act.

Adj.

Agg.

Alt.

Apprh.

Assem.

ASTM

Ave.

Bbl.

BC

BCCMP

BCPA

BCPCMP

BCPPA

Beg.

Bit.

BM

Bot.

BP

Brg.

Brkwy.

Btfly.

BW

C

C & G

Cap.

CB

CBC

CBS

Cem.

Cem’d.

Chchg.

CI

CIP

CIPL

CM

CMP

Asphalt Base Course

Abandoned

Actuated

Adjust

Annual Average Daily Traffic

Aggregate

Ahead

Alternate

Aluminum

Approach

Approximate

Artificial

Asphalt

Asphaltic Concrete

Assembly

American Society For Testing Materials

Attenuator

Avenue

Back to Back

Bascule

Barrel

Bituminous Coated Pipe Arch Culvert

Begin

Bituminous

Back

Building

Bulkhead

Boulevard

Bench Mark

Bottom

Borrow Pit

Bearing

Breakaway

Butterfly

Curb And Gutter

Catch Basin

Concrete Box Culvert

Cemented

Channel

Channel Change

Cast Iron

Cast Iron Pipe

Cast In Place

Corrugated Metal Pipe

Concrete Box Structure

Blkhd.

Abd.

Acre

ABS Acrylonitrite-Butadiene-Styrene Pipe CMPA Corrugated Metal Pipe Arch

ADT

AADT

Average Daily Traffic

AAA American Automobile Association

Accel. Acceleration

AISC American Institute Of Steel Construction

ANSI American National Standards Institute

Applied, Application

ARTBA

Auxiliary

AWG

AWS

American Wire Gauge

Bottle Cap or Bolt Circle

Back Of Curb

BCT Breakaway Cable Terminal

BE Buried Electric

Bdr. Border

BT

CA Coarse Aggregate

Capital Letters

CATV Cable Television

CCEW Center to Center Each Way

CFS Cubic Feet Per Second

Changeable

American Welding Society

Chg.

AM 12:00 Midnight Until 11:59 Noon

Bridge

Ckt. Circuit

AOS Apparent Opening Size

B to B

CMB Concrete Median Barrier

Buried Telephone Cable or Duct

Area or Amperes

^C

Concrete Monument

American Association Of State Highway Officials

American Road & Transportation Builders Association

Bituminous Coated Corrugated Metal Pipe Culvert

Bituminous Coated And Paved Corrugated Metal Pipe Culvert

Bituminous Coated And Paved Pipe Arch Culvert

Com.

Const.

Contr.

Coord.

Cor.

CP

CS

Ctlvr.

Ctr.

CY

Cyl.

Composite

Concrete

Controller

Continuation

Contractor

Coordinate

Corner

Corrugated

Concrete Pipe

Course

Curve To Spiral

Cantilever

Center

Culvert

Cubic Yard

Cylindrical

DA

Dbl.

DCS

Delin.

Det.

DHV

DT

DI

Dim.

DOT

DS

Dwg.

E

EB

Elast.

Ellip.

EOS

Equip.

EW

Exist.

Exp.

Ext.

F

F & I

FA

FE

Fed.

Furnish & Install

Face to Face

Federal Aid Project

Floor Elevation

Federal

Fertilizer

Rate Of Superelevation

Each

Eastbound

Elevation

Elastomeric

Electric

Elliptical

Embankment

Emulsified

Enclosure

Engineer

Equation or Equal

Equipment

Easement

Estimate

Endwall

Expansion

Extension

End to End

Double

Delineators

Demobilization

Department

Ditch

Drop Inlet

Diameter

Dimension

Disposal

Department Of Transportation

Ditch Point Intersection

Driven

Driveway

Design Speed

Drawing

Design Hourly Volume

FAP

CPE Corrugated Polyethylene Pipe

CSP Corrugated Steel Pipe

e

Degree Of Curvature (Spiral)

CRA Clear Recovery Area

Copper

CR

CZ Clear Zone

DD Dry Density

DDHV Directional Design Hour Traffic

Decel. Deceleration

DMM Domestic Mail Manual

Et Cetera (And So Forth)

Federal Aid or Fine Aggregate

FAC Florida Administrative Code

Friction CourseFC

FDOT Florida Department Of Transportation

Construct or Construction

Control Radius or County Road

Excavation

CT Clear Trunk

DBI Ditch Bottom Inlet

DHW Design High Water

DSL Design Service Life

F or Final Final Quantity

End Of Survey or Equivalent Opening Size

E to E

F to F

East or External Distance

Drain, Drive or Design Review

Fdn. Foundation

FD French Drain

Degree Of Curvature, Depth, Density, Distance, Diameter

or Directional Distribution

FES Flared End Section

FETS

FH

FHWA

Fig.

Frang.

Fut.

Gar.

GD

GIP

Grd.

Gallon

Galvanized

Garage

Galvanized Iron Pipe

Ground

Gutter

Flared End Terminal Section

Fire Hydrant

Federal Highway Administration

Figure

Flexible

Frame

Frangible

Furnish

Future

Hndrl

Hse.

Hwy.

Hyd.

Headwall

Handrail

Horizontal

Hour

House

Highway

I

ID

Inc.

IP

Inch

Included

Iron Pipe

JB

Jct.

Junction Box

Junction

L

LBR

LC

Lin.

LS

L/W

Limited Access

Pound

Limerock Bearing Ratio

Long Chord

Length

Linear

Limerock

Length Of Spiral

Left

Lightweight

M

Gutter Drain

Florida

FNQ Fuse (Type Slow Burn)

G

GM

GP

Gas Main

Grade Point

HD

HH Heavy Hex

HOA Hand/Off/Automatic

HS High Strength

IES Illuminating Engineering Society

Interchange

IMC Intermediate Metal Conduit

Isect.

ITE

Intersection

Institute Of Transportation Engineers

Joint

Kip

ksi Kips Per Square Inch

kVA

Kilovolt

Lat. Lateral or Latitude

Grade, Guardrail or Grate

Incorporated or Including

Kilovolt Ampere

LA or L/AFeet Per Second

Frequency

HP

Location

Lum. Luminaire

Gauge or Gage

High Pressure or Horsepower

Hydrant or Hydraulic

Ltd.

Foot or Feet

k Kilo (prefix)

kg Kilogram

kg/m

kg/m

kg/m

Kilogram Per Square Meter2

3

km Kilometer

km/h

m

Min.

MLW

Mod.

Mon.

MP

Miscellaneous

Mobilization

Monument

Mile Post

mm Millimeter

MOT Maintenance Of Traffic

Mil.

Modify or Modified

Mid. Middle

Maint.

Max.

Med.

MHW

MB

Maintenance

Maximum

Median

Message

Mean High Water

Median Barrier

Material

MES Mitered End Section

Machine

Member

MG 1000 Gallons

MBM Thousand (Feet) Board Measure

m /m Cubic Meter Per Meter3

m/s Meters Per Second

mL Milliliter

Minimum or Minute

Existing

Mile

Mean Low Water

American Association Of State Highway And Transportation Officials

AC or Asph. Conc.

Ah.

Appl.

Approx.

Asph.

Artf.

Attnuatr.

Aux. or Auxil.

Basc.

Bk.

Bldg.

Blvd.

Co.

Comp.

Conc.

Contrl.

Br.

Caps.

Ch.

Fert.

Exc. or Excav.

Est. or Estm.

Esmt.

Eq.

Engr.

Encl.

Emul.

Embk.

Elec.

El. or Elev.

Drwy.

Driv.

Disp.

Dia. or D

Dept.

Demobl.

Culv.

Crs. or Cse.

Cont.

Lt.

Lmrk.

Lgth.

Lb.

Jt.

Install.

Incl. or Inc.

In.

Hr.

Hdwl.

Gttr.

Gr.

Ga. or Gal.

Ga.

Furn.

Ft.

Freq.

Flex.

Mobl.

Mi.

Mess.

Memb.

Matl.

Mach.

AC, Ac.

Al.

Az. Azimuth

B/C, B.C.

BL, BLC Base Line, Base Line Control

Bq. Becquerel

Cement or Cemetery

Drainage Area or Deflection Angle

DLS District Location Surveyor

Fill, Farad

FTBA Florida Transportation Builder Association

GRC

gross km Gross Kilometer

Gy Gray

ha Hectare

External Angle (Delta), Interstate

kn Knot

kPa Kilopascal

kWh Kilowatthour

lm Lumen

lane km Lane Kilometer

lx Lux

m2

Microu

Mol Mole

kV

Degree Celsius

BO Basin OutletDr. or DR.

EA or Ea.

FTB Floating Turbidity Barrier

HB Hay Bales

Hz Hertz

m 3

Assn.

Assoc.

Association

Associate, Association

Attn. Attention

Bndry. Boundary

Cantilever Length, Cut, Colorless, Coulomb or Cycle Length

Capacity

CAP Corrugated Aluminum Pipe

cd Candela

Circumference

cir. or circ. Circle or Circular

circ.

Center Line

COMM Committee or By Committee

Commercial or Common

Con. Connect or Connection

Corr.

CU or Cu

Cwt. Hundredweight

D

Deg. Degree

Design

Dist. Distance

Est. Establish or Established

Etc. or etc.

Fin. Finish

Flow Line

FL, Fl. or Fla.

FPM or fpm Feet Per Minute

FPS or fps

FR or Fr.

Giga or Gauss

Galv.

g Gram or Gravity

Gr. or Gro.

Gr. Wt. or gr. wt. Gross Weight

H Henry

h Hour or Hecto

High Density or Heavy Duty

HD or Hd. Head

Horiz. or Hor.

Ht. Height

High Water or Hot Water

Intchg. or Ichg.

Inside Diameter or Identification

Ind. Industry or Industrial

Installed

Isl. Island

J Joule

K

Kilo One Thousand

1000 Pounds

Kilometer Per Hour

2-L Two-Lane

2L1W

2L2W

Two-Lane One-Way

Two-Lane Two-Way

Length, Length Of Curve, Liter, Left

LT Left Turn

Lighted or Limited

Mass, Middle Ordinate Length or Mega

Meter or Milli

Mega One Million

Mfg.

Micro One-Millionth

Mil One-Thousandth Of An Inch

Milli One-Thousandth

Misc.

CD

Clearance

Gross

Manufactured or Manufacturer

Kilogram Per Meter

Kilogram Per Cubic Meter

Barbed Wire, Bottom Width or Both Ways

DGN or Dgn.

Military

Square Meter or Meter Square

Cubic Meter or Meter Cubed

CASP Corrugated Aluminized Steel Pipe

Loc., LO

FOC Fiber Optics Cable

Cl. or Clear

CL, C/L or |

HC Horizontal Clearance

ExpresswayExwy.

DBH Diameter At Breast Height

ADA The Americans With Disabilities Act

Adh. Adhesive

Bd. or Bnd. Bond or Bonded

Detour, Detection, Detectable

Ex.

Galvanized Rigid Steel Conduit

DR Design Review

Except, Example

lb/sy Pounds Per Square Yard

HAR Highway Advisory Radio

LEO Law Enforcement With Flashing Lights And Radar

FRP Fiber Reinforced Pipe

F.L. or FL

CC, C/C, C to C, or C.C.

DPI or D.P.I.

HW or H.W.

BCWEDFE

Base Clearance Water ElevationDesign Flood Elevation

The abbreviations listed are the standard

for contract plans production. This list is

not inclusive. Other Department accepted

abbreviations may be used when deemed

more appropriate. Where special

abbreviations are used a descriptive

tabulation may be necessary in the plans.

BLON Begin Length Of Need

LOS Limit Of Clear Sight

Center to Center, Crash Cushion

CPT Cone Penetration Test

kN Kilonewton

MD Machine Direction (Geotextiles)

Cross Drain, Cross Direction (Geotextiles)

ATPB Asphalt Treated Permeable Base

CTPB

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HSHV High Strength Horizontal Vertical

Design Hour Factor or Kelvin

BOS Beginning Of Survey

E.P. Edge Of Pavement

FS, F.S. Far Side, Florida Statutes

INV. or Inv. Invert

IR Iron Rod

Long. Longitude

MH, M.H. Manhole, Mounting Height

Cement Treated Permeable Base

MSL

Miles Per Hour

Mean Sea Level

Mounted

MUTCD

Mtd.

MPa

Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Device

MPH or mph

Megapascal

MUTS Manual On Uniform Traffic Studies

N & C

NB

NE

NIC

NW

Northbound

Northeast

Not In Contract

Number

Northwest

Opass

Opt.

Overpass

Outside Diameter

Overhead

PC

PCC

Pavement

Point Of Curvature

PCBC Precast Concrete Box Culvert

NDCBU

NEMA

NJ New Jersey

Nom. Nominal

Normal

NS Non Stress, Not Suitable or Near Side

On Center

OE Overhead Electric

OT Overhead Telephone

Ounce

P Passenger Car & Light Delivery Truck

NHW

NGVD

Normal High Water

National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

OA Overall

Par. Parallel

P or Plan Plan Quantity

NA or N/A

NGS National Geodetic Survey

NTS Not To Scale

Out to Out

Option, Optional or Optically

NC

Not Available or Not Applicable

N/mm 2

Newton Meter

Ohm

Neighborhood Delivery And Collection Box Unit

National Electrical Manufacturers Association

Point Of Compound Curvature or Plain Cement Concrete

PCE

Pen.

PG

PI

POC

POST

POT

PP

PRC

Prcst.

Prest.

PRM

PT

RBAC

RBST

RCP

RCPA

Rdsd.

Ref.

Reinf.

Rejuv.

Reloc.

Rem.

Res.

RM

RP

RR

Rsf.

SAHM

SB

SBAC

SBRM

SBST

SC

SCST

SD

SE

Sed.

Sep.

Seq.

SG

Shldr.

SS

SSMD

ST

Sand-Asphalt Hot Mix

Sanitary

Shell Base Asphaltic Concrete

Sand Bituminous Road Mix

Shell Base Surface Treatment

Sand-Clay Surface Treatment

Southeast

Section

Sediment

Separator

Sequential

Subgrade

Shoulder

Specification

Square Foot

Square Yard

State Road

Solid State Modular Design

Radius

Range

Rock Base Surface Treatment

Reinforced Concrete Pipe Arch

Roadside

Roadway

Reference

Reflective

Rejuvenation

Relocated

Removal

Replace

Reference Monument

Reference Point

Railroad

Resurface

Right

Right Of Way

Permanent Construction Easement

Penetration

Profile Grade

Phase

Point Of Intersection

Point On Curve

Point On Semi-Tangent

Point On Tangent

Power Pole

Point Of Reverse Curvature

Precast

Prestressed

Permanent Reference Monument

SF

Reinforced Concrete Pipe

Southbound

Square Inch

PE Professional Engineer

Pair

Pounds Per Square Inch

PVC Polyvinyl Chloride

Road or Round

Required

Residence or Residential

RHW

RPM Raised Reflective Pavement Markers

Sch. Schedule

Sec. Second

Sheet

Spa. Space

Spacing

Specific Gravity

Reinforced or Reinforcing

PGL Profile Grade Line

pH Measure Of Acidity or Alkalinity

PM 12:00 Noon Until 11:59 Midnight

Probability

PW Pressure Water

Service

SHW Seasonal High Water

Seal Coat or Spiral To Curve

Ped Pedestrian or Pedestal

Pkg. Parking

Project or Projection

Reticuline or Rectangular

Rec. Recovery

SG or Sp.Gr.

Insulation (Moisture & Heat Resistant Rubber)

Sta.

Std.

Stl.

Str.

Subgr.

SW

Station

Standard

Steel

Structure

Subgrade

Supports

Surface

System

TBM

TC

TCP

TS

TSC

Typ.

Temporary Bench Mark

Tangent To Curve

Terra Cotta Pipe

Tangent To Spiral

Typical

Upass.

Unddr.

Undrdwy.

USGS

Underpass

Underdrains

Underroadway

Unloaded

Untreated

US Geological Survey

Var.

VC

VF

VCP

Veh.

Vol.

VW

Vertical Curve

Vertical Foot

Vitrified Clay Pipe

Vehicle

Vertical

Volume

Variable Width

W

WM

WT

Water Main

Water Table Or Weight

X

Y

Cross Road

Crossing

Cross Section

Stg. Strong

SU Single Unit Trucks

Sidewalk

TCE Temporary Construction Easement

TCB Temporary Concrete Barrier

Tel. Telephone

TCZ Traffic Control Zone

Temperature or Temporary

THRMPLSTC Thermoplastic

Theoretical

Ton

Treat. Treatment

Length Of Tangent (Spiral Curve)

Trans.

Traffic

Underground

UL Underwriters Laboratories

USPS United States Postal Service

Utilities

V

VMS Variable Message Sign

VRMS Volts Root Mean Square

Vehicles Per Day

WB40

WB50

WB60

WWF Welded Wire Fabric

W/C Water-Cement Ratio

VP Vertical Panel

Sty. Story

Survey

W.P.I. Work Program Item

Year

Verified Vertical ElevationVv

Vvh

Vh Verified Horizontal Location

Stability or Stabilization

SW or Swk.

Southwest

US Coast and Geodetic Survey (now National Geodetic Survey)

Verified Vertical Elevation And Horizontal Location

UNITS OF MEASURE

Provisions

Rock Base Asphaltic Concrete

Pavt.

Part.

Oz.

Norm.

No.

Ph.

Pr.

Prod.

Proj.

Prov.

R or Rad.

R or Rng.

Rd.

Rdwy.

Rect.

Refl.

Repl.

Req. or Reqd.

Rt.

R/W, ROW

Speed, South, Seimens, Or Second

Sect.

Serv.

Sh. or Sht.

Spcg. or Sp.

Spec.

Sq. In.

Stab.

Theo.

USC & GS

Util.

Vert.

X Rd.

Xing.

Xsec.

Yr.

Coordinate Value (East-West Direction) or Extra

net km Net Kilometer

Non Traffic, Nail & TinNT, N&T

rad Radian

rad/s

r/min

r/s

S or s

Sv Sievert

Intermediate Semi Trailer

Large Semi Trailer

Tandem Semi Trailer

Coordinate Value (North-South Direction)

AS

M3

CO

EA

ED

LI

GK

KG

M1

LO

LS

LU

KL

MH

NK

PA

PB

PI

PL

PW

M2

MT

Assembly

Cubic Meter

Cleanout

Each

Each Day

Liter

Gross Kilometer

Kilogram

Meter

Per Location

Lump Sum

Luminaire

Kiloliter

Net Kilometer

Per Analysis

Per Building

Per Intersection

Plant

Per Well

Metric Ton

METRIC MEASUREMENT

US MEASUREMENT

Square Meter

KM Kilometer

HR Hour

DA Day

HA Hectare

LS/MT

LS/LS

LS/DA

LS/M2

LS/KG

LS/EA

LS/AS

LS/MI

LK Lane Kilometer

MO Month

LS/HA

Man Hour

OH, OHD or Ohd.

Pa s Pascal Second

Pascal

Participation or Partition

Prog.

Prob.

Product, Production, Producer or Produced

Program or Progression

Plans, Specifications And EstimatesPS & E

PSF or psf Pounds Per Square Foot

PSI or psi

Reg. Region, Regular, Registered or Regulation

rpm Revolution Per Minute

SAN or San.

SR or S.R.

Surface Treatment or Spiral To Tangent

St. or ST. Street

Stge. Storage

Subsoil

Sub. or Subst. Substitute

SUR or Sur.

T Tangent, Length Of Curve, Percent Trucks, Tesla,

Township

Tangent

t Metric Ton

tan.

T, TWP or Twp.

Temp.

Traf.

THW or THWN Insulation (Flame Retardant, Moisture And Heat Resistant Thermoplastic)

ThicknessThick.

Tk Thick, Thickness or Truck

Tn.

Transition, Transverse, Translate or Transportation

UG

Ultd.

Uit. Ultimate

Unlimited

UNL or Undl.

Untr.

Volt, Velocity, Volume or Hourly Volume

Varies, Variable or Variance

VPD or Vpd.

VPH or Vph. Vehicles Per Hour

VPHPL or Vphpl. Vehicles Per Hour Per Lane

Width, Wide, West or Watt

WB Westbound

Wb. Weber

AC

AS

BU

CF

CO

CY

EA

ED

GA

GM

LB

LF

LM

LO

LS

LU

MB

MG

MH

NM

PA

PB

PE

PI

PL

PM

PS

PW

SF

SY

TN

Acre

Assembly

Bushel

Cubic Foot

Cleanout

Cubic Yard

Each

Each Day

Gallon

Gross Mile

Pound

Linear Foot

Lane Mile

Per Location

Lump Sum

Luminaire

Thousand Board Measure

Thousand Gallons

Man Hour

Net Mile

Per Analysis

Per Building

Pile

Per Intersection

Plant

Per Mile

Per Set

Per Well

Square Foot

Square Yard

Ton

Lump Sum Per Assembly

Lump Sum Per Day

Lump Sum Per Each

Lump Sum Per Hectare

Lump Sum Per Kilogram

Lump Sum Per Lump Sum

Lump Sum Per Metric Ton

Lump Sum Per Linear Meter

Lump Sum Per Square Meter

Radian Per Second

Revolution Per Minute

Revolution Per Second

Sub. or Subs.

Suppts.

Surf.

Sys. or Syst.Nail & Cap

Newtons Per Square Millimeter

VECP Value Engineering Change Proposal

SRAP Spiral Rib Aluminum Pipe

SRASP Spiral Rib Aluminized Steel Pipe

SRSP Spiral Rib Steel Pipe

STB Staked Turbidity Barrier

Adjustment Factor In Percent, Silt Fence

PL or PL Property Line or Plate

ParkwayPkwy.

N m

N North or Newton

N/m Newtons Per Meter

N/m

N/m

Newtons Per Square Meter

Newtons Per Cubic Meter

2

3

Pa

O.B.G. Optional Base Group

Side Drain, Storm Drain

Sanitary Sewer

Point Of Tangency or Pressure Treated

UV Ultraviolet

PRC

Prcst.

Prest.

PRM

PT

Q

Point Of Reverse Curvature

Precast

Prestressed

Permanent Reference Monument

Pair

Pounds Per Square Inch

PVC Polyvinyl Chloride

Probability

PW Pressure Water

Project or Projection

Provisions

Pr.

Prod.

Proj.

Prov.

Prog.

Prob.

Product, Production, Producer or Produced

Program or Progression

Plans, Specifications And EstimatesPS & E

PSF or psf Pounds Per Square Foot

PSI or psi

Peak Discharge or Flow Volume

Point Of Tangency or Pressure Treated

PRS Portable Regulatory Sign

RSDU Radar Speed Display Unit

O to O, o to o or O.O.

OD or O.D.

OC or O.C.

Sq. Yd., SY or S.Y.

Sq. Ft., SF, or S.F.

The abbreviations listed are the standard

for contract plans production. This list is

not inclusive. Other Department accepted

abbreviations may be used when deemed

more appropriate. Where special

abbreviations are used a descriptive

tabulation may be necessary in the plans.

TDLC Transportation Design For Livable Communities

NAVD National American Vertical Datum

SPT Standard Penetration Test

NHS National Highway System

TTC Temporary Traffic Control

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SIP Stay In Place

QPL Qualified Products List

N & D Nail & Disk

National Coarse or Normal Crown

N.P. Non Plastic

RightR

RC Reverse Crown

SRD State Road Department