United States · ADA · Illustrated standards guidance
Entrances, doors and gates: approach clearances
Doorway clear widths, maneuvering spaces, thresholds and hardware, illustrated for different approach directions.
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- U.S. Access Board
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- Access Board guide to the 2010 ADA standards
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AccessibilityAnthropometry & ergonomicsStairs & circulation
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Chapter 4: Accessible Routes Entrances, Doors, and Gates
Entrance Landings
Entrance landings must accommodate door maneuvering clearances as well as
landings for provided ramps.
Entrance Landing
Door maneuvering clearance
can overlap ramp landing.
Recommendation:
Configure landings so
that maneuvering at ramps Recommendation: Locate
and doors does not occur near door swing outside ramp
stair openings and open drop-offs. landing for greater safety.
Security Barriers [§206.8]
Security bollards and screening devices
at accessible entrances cannot obstruct
accessible routes or accessible means of
egress. Accessible routes can be
adjacent to metal detectors and other
screening devices that do not
accommodate all people with disabilities,
but the route must be located so users
can maintain an equivalent level of visual
contact with personal items.
Accessible route adjacent to
security screening device
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