Arkansas traffic control documentation requirements
What Arkansas DOT asks a contractor to record about temporary traffic control, where that requirement comes from, and how strong the evidence behind it is.
What Arkansas requires
ARDOT Doc Express Contractor Guide: "All Traffic Control Device Inspection reports shall be uploaded by the Contractor directly to the Traffic Control Device Inspection Report – Contractor Submittal drawer." And: "The Contractor may submit each day as a separate file or a full week as a single file."
Doc Express is the ARDOT paperless contracting system; submittals are mandatory contract obligations. Combined with SS-604 and the ARDOT Traffic Control Device Inspection Form, this establishes contract-binding daily contractor inspection report submission.
Source: ARDOT Doc Express Contractor GuideHow DTCD satisfies it
Daily Entries + PDF Diary Generation produce the Traffic Control Device Inspection Report submitted via ARDOT Doc Express Contractor Submittal drawer per SS-604. Multi-Format Export produces the daily file (or weekly compilation) format Doc Express requires. Smart Photo Capture documents deficiencies as required.
What DTCD adds beyond the requirement
- Doc Express Contractor Submittal drawer can be populated automatically — DTCD generates the daily submittal file ready for upload
- AI sign recognition automates device identification
- CWZ 1.0 feed publishes to ARDOT IDriveArkansas system
- Photo evidence with GPS and timestamps provides defensible record
- Agency Messaging enables real-time communication with ARDOT Engineer
Who this helps
Contractor: SS-604 daily TC Device Inspection Report submission via Doc Express is automated. DOT: ARDOT Engineer receives stronger documentation than current Doc Express submission alone.
On federal-aid work, 23 CFR 630 Subparts J and K apply whatever Arkansas specifies, with a compliance date of December 31, 2026 — the federal floor, explained. And after an incident the questions come from the incident, not the specification: 105 published judicial matters on that.
DTCD produces this record from the drive-through itself, and names the controlling Arkansas requirement on the generated PDF. Open a sample before deciding anything.
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Draw the closure on a map and the builder reads the route, mileposts and county from Arkansas’s own public GIS, checks bridge clearance on the route and the detour, and exports a WZDx feature, a PDF or an email. It runs in the browser — nothing is submitted or stored.
Open the Arkansas builder → · open the offline build · all 50 statesWhat changes at the Arkansas state line
Crews rarely work one state, and the record a neighbouring DOT expects is often named differently and cited somewhere else entirely. Here is how the states bordering Arkansas compare:
| State | Citation | Evidence we have |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | DOTD Standard Plan TTC-00(B) Temporary Traffic Control General Notes | Contract-binding spec language |
| Mississippi | Special Provision No. 907-618-12 (Section 618 Maintenance of Traffic) | Contract-binding spec language |
| Missouri | Not yet verified | Agency source, medium confidence |
| Oklahoma | Section 880 family (Construction Zone Traffic Control) | Binding language identified |
| Tennessee | Not yet verified | Agency source, high confidence |
| Texas | Item 502 (Barricades, Signs, and Traffic Handling) — General Notes | Contract-binding spec language |
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