[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR27.75]

[Page 323]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 27_NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES 
RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart B_Accessibility Requirements in Specific Operating 
       Administration Programs: Airports, Railroads, and Highways
 
Sec.  27.75  Federal Highway Administration--highways.

    (a) New facilities--(1) Highway rest area facilities. All such 
facilities that will be constructed with Federal financial assistance 
shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the accessibility 
standards referenced in Sec.  27.3(b) of this part.
    (2) Curb cuts. All pedestrian crosswalks constructed with Federal 
financial assistance shall have curb cuts or ramps to accommodate 
persons in wheelchairs, pursuant to section 228 of the Federal-Aid 
Highway Act of 1973 (23 U.S.C. 402(b)(1)(F)).
    (3) Pedestrian over-passes, under-passes and ramps. Pedestrian over-
passes, under-passes and ramps, constructed with Federal financial 
assistance, shall be accessible to handicapped persons, including having 
gradients no steeper than 10 percent, unless:
    (i) Alternate safe means are provided to enable mobility-limited 
persons to cross the roadway at that location; or
    (ii) It would be infeasible for mobility-limited persons to reach 
the over-passes, under-passes or ramps because of unusual topographical 
or architectural obstacles unrelated to the federally assisted facility.
    (b) Existing facilities--Rest area facilities. Rest area facilities 
on Interstate highways shall be made accessible to handicapped persons, 
including wheelchair users, within a three-year period after the 
effective date of this part. Other rest area facilities shall be made 
accessible when Federal financial assistance is used to improve the rest 
area, or when the roadway adjacent to or in the near vicinity of the 
rest area is constructed, reconstructed or otherwise altered with 
Federal financial assistance.

[44 FR 31468, May 31, 1979, as amended by Amdt. 27-3, 51 FR 19017, May 
23, 1986. Redesignated at 56 FR 45621, Sept. 6, 1991]