1. Design your ramp
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2. Who is the User?
• Sole user or many users?
• What type of mobility device do they use?
Might this change?
• Navigate independently or with help?
• Permanent or temporary structure?
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3. Basic Standards
• A minimum width of 36 inches.
• Edge protection to keep anyone from slipping
off.
• Landings at top and bottom that are as wide
as the ramp and at least 60 inches long.
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4. Basic Standards, continued
• Handrails on both sides of all ramps that rise
steeper than 6 inches or have a horizontal
projection of more than 72 inches.
• Cross slopes of less than 1:50 and surfaces
slip‐resistant and stable.
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5. Slope
• The minimum standard for the slope of a
ramp is 1:12, meaning that for every inch of
rise (height) a ramp should extend (run)
horizontally 12 inches.
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6. Remember the User!
• Some slopes (even at 1:12) are difficult for
people walking, manual wheelchairs, and even
some power wheelchairs, and can be
dangerous!
• ADA guidelines also recommend slopes of 1:16
or 1:20 for a gentler ascent/descent.
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7. Common Ramp Layouts
• Landing and ramp• Ramp changes
way in a straight line
direction 90 degrees
at an intermediate
landing
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8. Common Ramp Layouts (2)
• 180 degree change in direction between one
run of a ramp‐way, an intermediate landing
and another run of ramp‐way.
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