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Project a two-lane-two-way road that passes through mostly wavy terrain according to your data and find out at what service level the road will work.

Traffic and Highway Engineering

5th Edition

ISBN:9781305156241

Author:Garber, Nicholas J.

Publisher:Garber, Nicholas J.

Chapter14: Highway Surveys And Location

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 17P: The following table shows the stations and ordinates for a mass diagram. The free-haul distance is...

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Project a two-lane-two-way road that passes through mostly wavy terrain according to your data and find out at what service level the road will work.

Peak hour traffic volume= 800

Peak hour factor= 0.91

Passing ban cut rate (%)= 40

Distribution according to directions (%)= 60/40

Hard shoulder width (meters)= 2

Strip width (meters)= 2.70

Truck Ratio= %9

Bus Ratio= %10

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