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This is the last of a series on driveways. Mike Gardner of VDOT and Steve Leake of Blue Ridge Excavating Company, Inc. provided background information in its preparation
You can plan
Opinion your driveway route anywhere you want on your land, but you must get a VDOT permit for an entryway from VDOT’s highway onto your property. Some people get upset at this, thinking that VDOT is encroaching on their land. The problem is, your entryway is not on your land. It’s on VDOT’s land.
Specifically, it’s on their right-of-way and they are concerned with your safety and that of oncoming traffic on their property. That’s why they stipulate, wherever possible, such things as: Your driveway meeting the highway at a 90-degree angle, give or take five degrees; having a minimum width of 12 feet; having an optimum grade of plus or minus three percent (maximum of eight percent) for the first 25 feet; having a flared opening based on 20-foot curved radius and having adequate sight distance.
The reasons? So you can get off the highway at a reasonable speed without getting rear-ended, and so you can get onto the highway without being broad sided. You might even consider extending your entryway “landing area” further onto your property, if the lay of the land permits. Lengthening the level part could improve your chances
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