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2013 Forest Service Outdoor Recreation Accessibility Guidelines (FSORAG)

2.6 Passing Spaces.

 

ORARs with a clear width less than 60 inches (1525 mm) shall provide passing spaces complying with 2.6 at intervals of 200 feet (61 m) maximum. Passing spaces and resting intervals shall be permitted to overlap. 

two drawings, with left drawing showing man in wheelchair on outdoor recreational accessible route in passing space, showing a 60" minimum length and 3% slope and, in right drawing, and image of a man in a wheelchair in a passing space as a man walking a dog passes behind him

Exception. Where a vehicular way serves as the ORAR, the integrated ORAR shall not be required to comply with 2.6.

2.6.1 Size.

The passing space shall be either: 

2.6.1.1.

A space 60 inches (1525 mm) minimum by 60 inches (1525 mm) minimum; or

2.6.1.2.

The intersection of two outdoor recreation access routes providing a T-shaped space complying with ABAAS section 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 level.

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