Which among the factors for Geometric Design of Highways should be the top priority for mountainous road. Explain your answer below.
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Which among the factors for Geometric Design of Highways should be the top priority for mountainous road. Explain your answer below.
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- 1. Define Highway Engineering?2. What are the basic physical elements of a highway and describe each briefly?3. Discuss the various design factors to be considered for geometric design of highway.Principal criteria in designing highway. Explain each criteria.On a proposed highway, the speed limit is 120 km/hr, radius of a horizontal curve on this proposed highway is 250 m and the superelevetion is 8%. Is there any design problem? If so, what the action will you recommend to correct the design?
- Design a highway with the following criteria (Determine the minimum radius, widening and check if it needs transition spiral) Design speed = 85 kph I = 20o e = 0.06 sight distance = 125m m = 10 m 2 lane road Typical car wheel length 2.5 m Width of pavement per lane = 3.6 m PreviousNextExplain briefly various types of classification of roads. need an answer please, thankyou.Design a highway with the following criteria (Determine the minimum radius, widening and check if it needs transition spiral) Design speed = 85 kph I = 20o e = 0.06 sight distance = 125m m = 10 m 2 lane road Typical car wheel length 2.5 m Width of pavement per lane = 3.6 m
- c) Discuss and plot the difference among urban, rural and hilly cross section of road in detail.Discuss the factors influencing highway designAnswer the following: 1. Identify the design speed, minimum surface, outside shoulder, and paved shoulder slope for the following specification of the road: a. A local road in urban area with 180 ADT b. A collector roadway in rural area, mountainous, and with 580 ADT c. A local road in rural area, rolling terrain and with 420 ADT
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