the radius of a horizontal curve on an existing highway is 250m.if the superelevation at the curve is 0.07 and the maximum speed limit on the road is 100km/hr a is this a hazardous location on the highway b if so,why c wht action would you recommend correcting the situation and should be appropriate value of the parameter in question assume fs=0.13

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the radius of a horizontal curve on an existing highway is 250m.if the superelevation at the curve is 0.07 and the maximum speed limit on the road is 100km/hr

a is this a hazardous location on the highway

b if so,why

c wht action would you recommend correcting the situation and should be appropriate value of the parameter in question

assume fs=0.13

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