GEO 460 - Road Design and Construction

Course Objectives

1- To Teach Basic Components of Highway
2 - To Road Geometric Standards
3 - To Prepare Route Surveying
4 - To Draw Highway Design Project

Course Description

Basic concept in highway engineering. Characteristics of driver-pedestrian-vehicles. General properties of highway traffic. Geometric standards and design traffic of highways. Highway capacity. Highway location and horizontal alignment. Vertical alignment and curves. Horizontal curves. Urban roads. Intersection control and design. Drainage.