Helpful Resources for Rural Highway Design and Safety: Course Activity Book

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CH 1

Introduction

CH 2

Concepts in Highway Design and Safety

Act 1

Basic Concepts in Highway Design and Safety

Act 2

Highway Functional Classification Concepts (Reading)

Act 3

Concepts of Highway Development Process (Reading)

CH 3

Highway Design Fundamentals: Design Controls and Criteria, & Elements of Design

Act 4

Reading and Discussion on Concepts of Highway Design Controls and Criteria (Reading)

Act 5

Determination of Design Controls and Criteria (Design)

Act 6

Highway Design Elements (Reading)

CH 4

Introduction to Highway Safety Manual

Act 7

Reading and Discussion on the Fundamentals of Highway Safety Manual (Reading)

Act 8

Predicting Highway Safety for Two-lane Rural Highway Segments (Analysis)

CH 5

Highway Alignment

Act 9

Checking for Compliance to Design Standards: Horizontal Curves, Grades, & Superelevation Rates (Analysis)

Act 10

Alignment Design (Design)

CH 6

Highway Cross Section and Roadside Design

Act 11

Highway Cross Section and Roadside Design (Reading)

Act 12

Typical Sections Design (Design)

Act 13

Roadside Barrier (Design)

Act 14

Earthwork Estimation (Analysis)

CH 7

Safety Performance Estimation and Improvement Measures

Act 15

Predicting Highway Safety for Two-lane Rural Highway Segments (Analysis)

Act 16

Identify Safety Improvement Measures & Produce a Design Alternative Incorporating Them (Design)

CH 8

Project Cost Estimation and Preferred Alternative Selection

Act 17

Estimate Cost of the Design Alternatives and Selection of a Preferred Alternative (Analysis)

Act 18

Project Final Presentation and Reporting (Reporting)