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Highway Design Problem Set

The document contains 5 questions related to highway and road design: 1. Asks to calculate the station and elevation of the high point of a crest curve connecting grades of +2% and -1% designed for 70 mph travel speed. 2. Asks to calculate the appropriate superelevation rate for a 1,200-ft radius curve on a highway with a 60 mph design speed and checks if spirals are needed. 3. Asks to determine the minimum design speed, recommended lane width, preferable shoulder width, and maximum grade for a rural collector with 650 vehicles per day. 4. Asks to calculate the transition length needed to change cross slope from 2% normal crown to

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Highway Design Problem Set

The document contains 5 questions related to highway and road design: 1. Asks to calculate the station and elevation of the high point of a crest curve connecting grades of +2% and -1% designed for 70 mph travel speed. 2. Asks to calculate the appropriate superelevation rate for a 1,200-ft radius curve on a highway with a 60 mph design speed and checks if spirals are needed. 3. Asks to determine the minimum design speed, recommended lane width, preferable shoulder width, and maximum grade for a rural collector with 650 vehicles per day. 4. Asks to calculate the transition length needed to change cross slope from 2% normal crown to

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Q 1( An equal-tangent crest curve has been designed for 70 mi/h to connect a +2% initial grade

and a -1% final grade for a new vehicle that has a 3 ft driver’s eye height; the curve was

designed to avoid an object that is 1 ft high. Standard practical stopping distance design was used

but, unlike current design standards, the vehicle was assumed to make a 0.5g stop, although

driver reactions are assumed to be the same as in current highway design standards. If the PVC

of the curve is at elevation 848 ft and station 43 + 48, what is the station and elevation of the

high point of the curve?

Q2( What is the appropriate super elevation rate for a curve with a 1,200-ft radius on highway

with a design speed of 60 mi/h? The maximum design super elevation is 6% for this highway.

Check if that curve needs a spiral or not?!

Q3) A rural collector is to be constructed in an area of rolling terrain where the ADT is 650

veh/day. For this situation, determine the following design values.

(a) Minimum design speed

(b) Recommended lane width

(c) Preferable shoulder width

(d) Maximum grade


Q4) Determine the distance required to transition pavement cross slope from a normal

crown section with a normal crown cross slope of 2% to superelevation of 6% on a

two-lane highway with a design speed of 50 mi/h.

Q5) A temporary diversion has been constructed on a highway of _4% gradient due to major

repairs that are being undertaken on a bridge. The maximum speed allowed on the diversion is 10

mi/h. Determine the minimum distance from the diversion that a road sign should be located

informing drivers of the temporary change on the highway, assume that a driver can read a road

sign within his or her area of vision at a distance of 40 ft for each inch of letter height.

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