CET 215 - Roadway Design Fundamentals

1. Discuss an overview of highway development process
   1. Discuss a brief history of highway development.
   2. Discuss highway administration and finance
   3. Describe the 5 stages of the FHWA highway development process
2. Discuss the planning stage of highway development.
   1. Describe how traffic data is collected
   2. Discuss basic concepts of transportation modeling.
3. Discuss the project development (evaluation) stage of highway development
   1. Discuss economic analysis of projects
   2. Discuss basic concepts of transportation modeling
4. Discuss an overview of the design stage of highway development.
   1. Describe types of highway surveys
   2. Interpret basic plan features such as contours and stationing.
   3. Describe the steps of preparing preliminary and final road plans.
5. Discuss the basics of the right-of-way stage of highway development.
   1. Describe the principles of designing a right-of-way layout.
   2. Discuss the right-of-way acquisition process
6. Discuss the basics of the construction stage of highway development.
   1. Describe the process of selecting contractors to build a project.
   2. Describe the construction inspection process.
7. Discuss basic driver and vehicle characteristics
   1. Describe perception-reaction time and driver expectancy.
   2. Describe vehicle types, sizes, and performances.
8. Discuss basic design standards and controls
   1. Identify sources for design standards
   2. Describe design exceptions
   3. Identify the most important design controls.
9. Design the horizontal alignment of a highway
   1. Layout tangents for a horizontal alignment.
   2. Design curves for a horizontal alignment.
   3. Calculate stationing on curves and alignments.
   4. Design superelevation on curves
10. Design the vertical alignment of a highway
    1. Discuss the principles of sight distance
    2. Layout tangents for a vertical alignment
    3. Design curves for a vertical alignment
    4. Calculate elevations along a vertical alignment.
11. Plot cross-sections for a highway project
    1. Describe elements of highway cross-sections
    2. Plot existing ground cross-sections
    3. Plot proposed roadway cross-sections
12. Compute earth work for a highway project
    1. Compute volumes of earthwork
    2. Plot a mass diagram
    3. Calculate overhaul from a mass diagram
13. Prepare construction details, specifications, and estimates of quantities.
    1. Create new or reference construction details for a highway project.
    2. Create a new or reference specifications for a highway project.
    3. Compute estimates of quantities for a highway project