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This document contains 8 questions related to highway engineering design. Question 1 asks to calculate safe stopping sight distances for a design speed of 50km/hr on single-lane and two-lane roads. Question 2 asks to calculate minimum sight distance to avoid a head-on collision between two vehicles traveling at different speeds. Question 3 asks to determine if a driver exceeded the speed limit based on skid marks left during braking. The remaining questions ask to perform highway design calculations related to lane widths, horizontal curves, superelevation rates, vertical curves, and assessing existing curve adequacy.

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This document contains 8 questions related to highway engineering design. Question 1 asks to calculate safe stopping sight distances for a design speed of 50km/hr on single-lane and two-lane roads. Question 2 asks to calculate minimum sight distance to avoid a head-on collision between two vehicles traveling at different speeds. Question 3 asks to determine if a driver exceeded the speed limit based on skid marks left during braking. The remaining questions ask to perform highway design calculations related to lane widths, horizontal curves, superelevation rates, vertical curves, and assessing existing curve adequacy.

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AMBO UNIVERSITY

HACHALU HUDESSA IOT


SCHOOL OF CIVIL and ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERIN
Assignment (Highway Engineering)
Q1. Calculate the safe stopping sight distance for design speed of 50km/hr,
A.Two way traffic on two lane road
B.Two way traffic on single lane road

Q2.Calculate the minimum sight distance required to avoid a head on collusion of two cars
approaching from opposite direction at 90 and 60 km/hr. coefficient of friction 0.7 and a brake
efficiency 50%.
Q3. A driver of a car applied the brakes and barely avoided hitting an obstacle on a roadway
section which has a 5 percent gradient. The vehicle left skid marks 26 meters. Assuming that the
coefficient of friction is 0.6 and the driver was travelling down the grade; determine whether the
problem was the speed limit of 60kph on the section or driver violation of the speed limit.
If it is the driver fault or speed limit what was the driver / limit speed?
Q4.Find the extra widening for a two way road with 7 m lane width, R=250m, longest wheel base,
l =7m, V=70kmph.
Q5.Consider the horizontal alignment of an existing road shown in Fig. below. Do you consider
this alignment adequate for an operating speed of 100kph? If not, where and what are the design
inadequacies?
Q6.A two-lane highway (3.6 m lanes) with a design speed of 100 km/h has a 400 m radius
horizontal curve connecting tangents with bearings of N75E° and S78E°. Determine the
superelevation rate, the length of spiral if the difference in grade between the centerline and edge
of traveled way is limited to 1/200, and the stations of the TS, SC, CS, and ST, given that the
temporary station of the P.I. is 150 + 00. The length of the spiral should be rounded up to the next
highest 20 m interval.
Q7. An engineer is assigned to design a vertical curve for a paved highway with the design speed
is 85 kmph. Knowing that the gradients are 3% uphill and -2% downhill. What is the minimum
design length of the vertical curve for an object height is 0.6m?
Q8.A highway reconstruction project is being undertaken to reduce accident rates on the highway.
The reconstruction involves a major re-alignment of the highway such that a 100kph design speed
is attained. At one point on the highway, a 240m equal tangent crest vertical curve exists.
Measurements show that, at 106m from the BVC, the vertical curve offset is 0.9m. Assess the
adequacy of the existing curve in light of the reconstruction design speed of 100kph and, if the
existing curve is inadequate, compute a satisfactory curve length.

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