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Title: Principles of Transportation Engineering

Authors: Partha Chakroborty and Animesh Das

PART - I     TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

Chapter-3  Highway Geometric Design              

                                                                                                                         

q       Introduction

q       Typical Road Cross-Section                                                                      

q       Horizontal Curves              

¨     Radius and superelevation

¨     Available sight distance

¨     Transition curves

¨     Curve widening

q       Vertical Curves

¨     Length of vertical curves

¨     Geometry of curves

q       Channelization  Design