Chapter 4 - Right of Way Engineering Mapping - Appendix 4A - Abbreviations

Oct 29, 2026

A reference glossary of roadway and transportation right-of-way engineering terminology and their abbreviated forms. Organized alphabetically, it defines common terms used in surveying, mapping, land and easement documentation, construction planning, and condemnation proceedings. Entries cover measurement and geometry terms, parcels and boundaries, agency and record concepts, and infrastructure elements such as curves, culverts, drainage easements, and access rights, supporting consistent interpretation across related technical materials.

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ABBREVIATIONS

Chapter 4 – Right of Way Engineering Mapping January 2008 Appendix 4A ABBREVIATIONS A Aband Abandonment Abn Abandon Ac Acre Acq Acquisition Add’l Additional AH Ahead Appr Appraisal Approx Approximate Appurt Appurtenance Ave Avenue AO Access Opening A Area B BC Begin Horizontal Curve BT Bearing Tree BK Back BK, PG Book, Page Bldg Building Blk Block Blvd Boulevard BM Bench Mark Brg Bearing C CTC California Transportation Commission Calc Calculated C/L Centerline Co County Conc Concrete Cond Condemnation Const Construct (ion) Coord Coordinate CCUA Consent to Common Use Agreement Corp Corporation Cr Creek Ct Court (Street Name) Culv Culvert Dr. Ease Dds DD Det Dia Diag Dist Dr Dwg Dwy DE DK DL DB Ease, EEC Eqn Et al Et ux Et vir Exist Ex E’LY Fc FD, Fnd Fr FR Fwy FLA F F + A FOC FOD GD Geo Gov’t D Drainage Easement Deeds Directors’s Deed Detour Diameter Diagonal Distance, District Drive Drawing Driveway Director’s Easement Deed Director’s Quitclaim Deed Director’s Lease Deed Book E Easement End of Horizontal Curve Equation And Others And Wife And Husband Existing Excess Easterly F Fence Found Frontage Frontage Road Freeway Freeway Lease Area Fee Fee + Access Rights Final Order of Condemnation Field of Drawing G Grant Deed Geodetic Government ha H.M. Hse Hwy Irr I/C JUA L Lat LoL Lt LL Ln Max Mi Min M.D.M. Misc Mon Med m H Hectare Humbolt Meridian House Highway I Irrigation Interchange J Joint Use Agreement K L Length Latitude Layout Line Left Lot Line Lane M Maximum Mile (s) Minimum Mount Diablo Meridian Miscellaneous Monument Median Meter NO. N’LY OR OC OH Orig Pcl Ped UC PG PI PP PL PM POC POT Pt PT Pvmt Pvt POB PRC Prop Qc Rad R Rd REC Ref REL Rem Reqd Rp RP N Number Northerly O Official Records Overcrossing Overhead Original P Parcel Pedestrian Undercrossing Page Point of Intersection Power Pole Property Line Post Mile, Parcel Map Point on Curve Point on Tangent Point Point of Tangency Pavement Private Point of Beginning Point of Reverse Curve Property Q Quitclaim R Radial Radius Road Recorded Reference Relinquishment Remainder Required Ramp Reference Point RR Rt RAR Rights RTE R/W Rd Ease S.B.M. Sec Sta Std St Subd Swr Sl Ease Sht S’LY TTan Brg TCE Easement Tel Temp Topo T.P.O.B. TR TP TS Typ T-R TL Railroad Right Relinquishment of Access Route Right of Way Road Easement S San Bernardino Merdian Section Station Standard Street Subdivision Sewer Slope Easement Sheet Southerly T Semi-tangent Tangent Bearing Temporary Construction Telephone Temporary Topography True Point of Beginning Title Report Telephone Pole Title Statement Typical Township, Range Tract Line UC UP Ut UF Vert Vol W W ’LY Xing U Undercrossing Underpass Utility (ies) Underlying Fee V Vertical Volume W Wavier Westerly X Crossing THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

FAQs

What does the document provide?

It provides an alphabetized list of abbreviations with expanded definitions for right-of-way engineering and related mapping documentation.

How are the abbreviations organized?

Entries are grouped alphabetically, with sections such as A, B, C, and so on through the later letters.

What types of terms are included?

The glossary includes surveying and geometry concepts, parcel and boundary references, easement and access terminology, infrastructure elements, and records or legal-document related terms.

Oct 29, 2026

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