Highway Engineer

Geometric Design of Highways:-

Traffic Engineer

Highway Engineer: Pavement Materials

Design of Pavements
IRC ;SP ; 19 -2001

10.13. The FEASIBILITY Study shall have following broad coverage :

Volume I-Main Text and Appendices

1.Executive summary
2.Regional/Stare socio-economic profile
3.Socio-economic profile of the project influence area
4.Methodology adopted for the studies
5.Traffic survey and Analysis
6.Engineering Survey Investigation and Analysis
7.Project road Description and or improvement proposals
8.Environment impact assessment
9.Resttlement and rehabilitation action plan
10.Project cost estimates including L.A. cost
11.Economic analysis and evaluation including sensitivity
12.Conclusions and recommendations

IRC : 38-1988.

Table 3. Minimum Radius of Horizontal Curves for Different Terrain Conditions for Minimum Design
speeds

Plain & Rolling Terrain Mountainous and Steep Terrain

Design Speed
(Meters) Snow Bound area (m) Non-Snow Bond area (m)
20 15 15 14
25 23 23 20
30 33 33 30
35 45 45 40
40 60 60 50
50 90 90 80
65 155
80 230
100 360
IRC : 38-1988.

Table 5. Camber/Cross fall Values for Different Road Surface Types

S.No. Surface Type Camber/Cross fall

1 High type bituminous surfacing or cement concrete 1.7-2.0 per cent (1 in 60 to 1 in 50)
2 Thin bituminous surface 2.0-2.5 per cent (1 in 50 to 1 in 40)
3 Water bound macadam gravel 2.5-3.0 per cent (1 in 40 to 1 in 33)
4 Earth 3.0-4.0 per cent (1 in 33 to 1 in 25)

IRC : 38-1988.

Table 5. Extra Width of Pavement at Horizontal Curves.

Radius of curve (m) Up to 20 21 to 40 41 to 60 61 to 100 101 to 300

Extra width (m)

Two-Line 1.5 1.5 1.2 0.9 0.6

Single-Line 0.9 0.6 0.6 Nil Nil

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Vertical Cure: Table 1. Gradients for Road in Different Terrains.

S.No. Terrain
1 Plain or Rolling
Mountainous terrain, and steep
2 terrain having elevation more than
3,000 m above mean sea level
Steep terrain upto 3,000 m height
3 6 per cent ( 1 in 16.7)
above mean sea level
Exceptional
Ruling Gradient Limiting Gradient
Gradient
3.3 per cent (1 in 30) 5 per cent (1 in 20) 6.7 per cent (1 in 15)
5 per cent (1 in 20) 6 per cent (1 in 16.7) 7 per cent (1 in 14.3)
7 per cent ( 1 in14.3) 8 per cent (1 in 12.5)

Sight Distance Considerations.

Elements of Geometric Design:

1. Cross Section Elements.

1. What is the Existing comber width?

2. What is the Existing Shoulder Width?

3. What is the Existing width Road?

4. What is the Existing width ROW?

5. Curb Details?

6. ect.....

2. Sight Distances.

3. Horizontal Alignment.

4. Vatican Alignment.

5. Intersection Elements.

1. at Grade. 2. Grade Separated Intersection.

Factors Affecting the Geometric Design of Highway.

1. Design Speed.
2. Topography => Terrain => Slope.

Plain = Up to 10%
Rolling = 10 to 25%
Mountain = 25 to 60%
Hilly = 60% <

3. Traffic Factors 1. Vehicles Characteristic. 2. Human Characteristic(Driver and Pedestrian)

4. Design Hourly Volume.
5. Environmental Factors. 1. Rainfall 2. Noise and 3. Temp...

Type of Roads.

1. Express Way.
2. National Highway NH
3. State Highway SH
4. Major District Road - MDR.
5. Village Road - VR.
6. Other District Road - ODR.

Highway Cross Section Elements:

1. Pavement Surface Characteristics. a) Skid and b) Slip.

a. Friction. Is the strike registering Bit win tyre and Pavement

Factors affecting friction.

1. Pavement
2. Roughness
3. Condition (wet or dray)
4. Speed.
5. Efficiency of Break.
6. Temp..
7. Tyre Condition.

Type of Skid
1. Lateral (Skidding M = (New) value is 0.15)
2. Longitudinal (Skidding M = (New) value is 0.35 to 0.40.)

(VDF). IRC : 37-2001

Million standard axels (msa)
DESIGN THE PAVEMENT, IT IS PROPOSED O WIDEN AN EXISTING 2-LINE NH SECTION TO 4-LINE DIVIDED
TOAD DESIGN THE PAVEMENT FOR NEW CARRIAGEWAY WITH THE FOLLOWING DATA.