ABA Accessibility Standard for GSA Facilities Pocket Guide
1016.4 Passing Spaces.
Outdoor recreation access routes with a clear width less than 60 inches (1525 mm) shall provide passing spaces complying with 1016.4 at intervals of 200 feet (61 m) maximum. Passing spaces and resting intervals shall be permitted to overlap.
Advisory 1016.4 Passing Spaces. Entities should consider providing either a 60 inches (1525 mm) minimum clear width on outdoor recreation access routes or passing spaces at shorter intervals if the clear width is less than 60 inches (1525 mm), where the route is:
--Heavily used or adjoins elements, space, or facilities that are heavily used; or
--A boardwalk or otherwise not at the same level as the ground surface adjoining the route.
1016.4.1 Size.
The passing space shall be either:
1. A space 60 inches (1525 mm) minimum by 60 inches (1525 mm) minimum; or
2. The intersection of two outdor recreation access routes providing a T-shaped space complying with 304.3.2 where the base and the arms of the T-shaped space extend 48 inches (1220 mm) minimum beyond the intersection. Vertical alignment at the intersection of the outdoor recreation access routes that form the T-shaped space shall be nominally planar.
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