Highway Engineering
Introduction of Transportation: In Introduction Of Transportation We Talking About, Role of Transportation, Different Modes of Transportation, Highway,Express highway, Characteristics of Road Transport, Importance of Roads in India.
Development of Road: Development of Road, Roman Road, Tesaguet Construction, Telford Construction, Macadam Road.
Development of Roads In India: Mr. Jayakar Committee, Comparison Between Various Road Development Plan.
Classification of Road & Types of Road Pattern: 1.On the basic of duration of theirs use- All Weather Road, Fair Weather Road. 2.On the basis of traffic volume– Light Traffic Roads, Medium Traffic Roads, High Traffic Roads. 3.On the basis of load transported. 4.On the basis of location and function.- National Highways (NH), State Highways (SH), Major District Roads (MDR), Other District Roads (ODR), Village Road (VR). Types of Road Pattern– Rectangular or Block Pattern, Hexagonal, Radial or Star and Block, Radial or Star and Circular, Radial or Star and Grid.
Engineering Surveys For Highway Alignment & Maximum Saturation System / Utility Factor System: Engineering Surveys For Highway Alignment- MAP Study, Reconnaissance, Preliminary Survey, Detailed Survey, Maximum Saturation System / Utility Factor System
Topics
Shoulder: Extra width provided adjacent to edge of pavement is called shoulder. It is provided for emergency point of view like Breakdown
The basic objective of traffic engineering is to achieve free & rapid flow of traffic with least no of accidents. For this various studies are carried out. These studies are divided into- Traffic Characteristics, Traffic Studies and Analysis, Traffic Control Regulation.