CE INSTITUTE PH ceinstitute.teachable.com www.facebook.com/CEInstitutePH HIGHWAY DESIGN Introduction 1 Basic History Greek street - 4th or 3rd century BC - The Porta Rosa was the main street of Elea. The street is five meters wide and has an incline of 18% in the steepest part. It is paved with limestone blocks and on one side there is a small gutter for drainage. Contact us @fb.me/CEInstitutePH 0926-600-9099 1 Basic History • Wheels were developed for cargo • Wheeled-transport created the need for better roads (Chariots, etc) • Road designs were established (logs, bricks, sandstone blocks, sands) • Use for transport of merchants, trading, and wars Contact us @fb.me/CEInstitutePH 0926-600-9099 Design Standards A highway engineer’s concern is to design roads that would adequately handle expected ___, and ensure that roads are ______________ to drive on. Standards have been developed as ____ in the design of highways and to ensure that motorist’s __________, _____________and _______________ are implemented in the most _______ manner consistent with highway service conditions. Design policies and standards generally represent ______ values. 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The former forms the part of the main highway trunk-line system which is continuous in extent; the latter includes all access roads forming a secondary Contact us @fb.me/CEInstitutePH trunk-line system. 0926-600-9099 HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION Classification According to System ▪ Provincial Roads ❑Road Right of way = ___ meters min ❑Width of travelled way 2 lane = ____ m minimum ❑Allowable grade = ____ maximum These are roads connecting one municipality to another, with the terminal to be the public plaza; plus roads extending from one municipality or from a provincial or national road to a public wharf or railway station Contact us @fb.me/CEInstitutePH 0926-600-9099 7 HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION Classification According to System ▪ City Roads ❑Road Right of way = ___ m minimum ❑Width of travelled way 2 lane = ___ m minimum ❑Allowable grade = ___ % maximum Roads / streets within the urban area of a city not classified as provincial or national roads Contact us @fb.me/CEInstitutePH 0926-600-9099 HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION Classification According to System ▪ City Roads ❑Road Right of way = ___ m minimum ❑Width of travelled way 2 lane = ___ m minimum ❑Allowable grade = ___ % maximum Roads / streets within the Poblacion area of a Municipality not classified as provincial or national roads Contact us @fb.me/CEInstitutePH 0926-600-9099 8 HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION Classification According to System ▪ Barangay Roads ❑Road Right of way = ___ m minimum ❑Width of travelled way 2 lane = ___ m minimum ❑Allowable grade = ___ % maximum Roads located outside the poblacion area of a municipality or urban area of a city and those outside industrial, commercial or residential subdivision (access roads to subdivisions are not barangay roads), and which act as a feeder from Farm-to-market road, and are not Contact us @fb.me/CEInstitutePH otherwise classified as national, provincial, city or municipal roads 0926-600-9099 HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION Classification According to System ▪ Tourism Roads ❑Road Right of way = ___ m minimum ❑Width of travelled way 2 lane = ___ m minimum ❑Allowable grade = ___ % maximum Roads located outside the poblacion area of a municipality or urban area of a city and those outside industrial, commercial or residential subdivision (access roads to subdivisions are not barangay roads), and which act as a feeder from Farm-to-market road, and are not Contact us @fb.me/CEInstitutePH otherwise classified as national, provincial, city or municipal roads 0926-600-9099 9 HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION Classification According to System ▪ Farm to Market Roads ❑Road Right of way = ___ m minimum ❑Width of travelled way 2 lane = ___ m minimum ❑Allowable grade = ___ % maximum Roads located outside the poblacion area of a municipality or urban area of a city and those outside industrial, commercial or residential subdivision (access roads to subdivisions are not barangay roads), and which act as a feeder from Farm-to-market road, and are not Contact us @fb.me/CEInstitutePH otherwise classified as national, provincial, city or municipal roads 0926-600-9099 HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION According to Primary Function ▪ _____ ▪ These are divided arterial highways for through traffic, with full or partial control of access and generally with grade separations at major intersections. ▪ _____ ▪ A freeway is a "controlled-access" highway — also known as an express highway — that's designed exclusively for high-speed vehicular traffic. Traffic flow on a freeway is unhindered because there are no traffic signals, intersections, or at-grade crossings with other roads, railways, or pedestrian paths. ▪ ____ ▪ Parkways are arterial highways for non-commercial traffic with full or partial control of access, usually located within Contact a parkusor@fb.me/CEInstitutePH a ribbon of park-like development. 0926-600-9099 10 Contact us @fb.me/CEInstitutePH 0926-600-9099 11
