Highway Design

Course Code
CIE342
Course Title
Highway Design
Course Description

Introduction into different types of highways, principles of route location. Horizontal alignment; design and setting out (circular curve element, setting out of circular and transition curves, superelevation. Sight distance; stopping and passing sight distance. Vertical alignment; design and setting out (properties of vertical curves). Coordination of horizontal and vertical curves. Capacity of multilane highways. Geometric design of intersection and interchanges. Highway materials, mixtures and pavement design.

Prerequisites
CIE242, CIE222
Credits
3
Course Type
Theory
Offered
Spring