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HIGHWAY ENGINEERING I. COURSE OBJECTIVE. To enable the students to be highway designer. How?? Lectures and practice on real project Why?? To be employed as a designer in consulting firms, state authorities e.t.c To develop and apply concepts of geometric design for rural and urban highways
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COURSE OBJECTIVE • To enable the students to be highway designer. • How?? Lectures and practice on real project • Why?? To be employed as a designer in consulting firms, state authorities e.t.c • To develop and apply concepts of geometric design for rural and urban highways • Outcome: -Demonstrate ability to design and evaluate various types of rural and urban highways • Knowledge of geometric design of highways • Knowledge of criteria for determining highway alignment
Course contents • Introduction to Transportation Planning • Introduction to traffic engineering • Highway route surveys and location • Highway geometric design • Earthwork and Quantity • Comparison of hand calculation with software i.e. Eagle point
Literature • Highway engineering handbook 2nd edition by Brockenbrough & Boedecker,2003 • The hand book of highway engineering by Fwa,2006 • Wright, P.H. and Karen, D. (2003), Highway Engineering, 7th • edition, Wiley. • Rogers, M. (2003), Highway Engineering, Blackwell Science Lt. • ERA (Ethiopian Roads Authority) (2002), Geometric design • manual.
Expect: succeed in exam Greater or Equal to 85% = A Less than 40%=F