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Thursday 13 October 2011

Geometric Design of Highway- Design Control and Criteria

The elements of designs are influenced by a wide variety of design controls, engineering, criteria and project-specific objectives. The factors are given below-


  • Traffic Safety Consideration
  • Functional Classification of the roadway
  • Projected traffic volume and composition
  • Require Design Speed
  • Multimodal needs of the surrounding community
  • Topography of the surrounding land
  • Capital Costs for construction
  • Agency funding mechanisms
  • Human Sensory Capacities of roadway users
  • Vehicle size and performance characteristics
  • Public involvement, review and comment
  • Environmental Considerations
  • Right-of-way impacts and costs

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