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
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ExtraWidening: Extra width provide to Road at horizontal curve is called extrawidening. It is provided for following purposes: To avoid off tracking
Pavement is a load-bearing & load-distributing component of a road. We need to consider all types of vehicles for the geometrical design, but only vehicles with significant heavy loads are considered for pavement design. These vehicles are generally commercial vehicles. As per IRC, vehicles having a gross load greater than 3 tons are called commercial vehicles.