Play-area accessible-route calculator

Play-Area Accessible-Route Calculator

Play-Area Accessible Route Calculator

Enter the component counts from your layout drawing. This returns the minimum numbers the 2010 ADA Standards require to sit on an accessible route. It is a scoping check, not a compliance certificate — your architect signs off on the finished design.

Regulatory Sources

240.2.2: “Where elevated play components are provided, at least 50 percent shall be on an accessible route.”

240.2.1.2: Ground-level components required where elevated components are provided, with the exception that applies where at least 50% of elevated components are ramp-connected and ≥3 are different types.

240.2.1.1: “Where ground level play components are provided, at least one of each type shall be on an accessible route.”

206.2.17.2: Where 3 or fewer entry points are provided for soft contained play structures, at least 1 shall be on an accessible route. Where 4 or more, at least 2 shall be on an accessible route.

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Component Parameters

Slides, climbers and overhead components reached from a deck. Ramps, transfer systems, steps, decks and roofs do not count.

Ramp-connected, not transfer-connected.

Type means experience: rocking, swinging, climbing…

Every way a child can get in, including the toddler side.