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Highway Route Design Mini-Project Report

The document provides instructions for a mini-project to design a link road connecting various points on a topographic contour map. Students must select the best route based on minimizing earthwork quantities while satisfying safety standards for an expected traffic level of 300-1000 vehicles per day. The major tasks include selecting multiple potential routes, performing terrain calculations, designing the horizontal and vertical alignments, calculating cut and fill quantities, and creating detailed drawings of the geometric design, profiles, cross-sections and other elements. Design decisions must be defended in a report discussing standards, objectives, choices and rationales. Students are divided into groups to complete routes between given points and instructed to use specified design manuals for guidance.

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Highway Route Design Mini-Project Report

The document provides instructions for a mini-project to design a link road connecting various points on a topographic contour map. Students must select the best route based on minimizing earthwork quantities while satisfying safety standards for an expected traffic level of 300-1000 vehicles per day. The major tasks include selecting multiple potential routes, performing terrain calculations, designing the horizontal and vertical alignments, calculating cut and fill quantities, and creating detailed drawings of the geometric design, profiles, cross-sections and other elements. Design decisions must be defended in a report discussing standards, objectives, choices and rationales. Students are divided into groups to complete routes between given points and instructed to use specified design manuals for guidance.

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CENG 3182 HIGHWAY ENGINEERING -I MINI - PROJECT 09/18/2021

For the given topographic contour map, select the best route with appropriate gradients and geometric details that
minimize earthwork quantities and satisfy the safety that are required for a link road with design traffic flow of
AADT between 300 – 1000. NB. Defend your design decisions in a short report discussing design standards, design
objectives, major design decisions, and your rationale for your decisions.

Major tasks of the Mini – Project: -


1. Appropriate Highway Route Selection (select min. 3 route)
2. Terrain type calculation at a maximum of 20m interval
3. Geometric Design of the Road
a) Horizontal alignment
b) Vertical alignment
4. Earthwork Quantities (Amount of cut and fill)
a) Mass haul diagram (for the road linking points)
5. Detail Drawings
a) Horizontal Curve details
b) Vertical profile for the whole route
c) Vertical curve details
d) Typical cross section details
e) Cross-sectional drawings at a minimum of 100m interval

NB: Use ERA Geometric Design Manual 2013!!!, If necessary, also use AASHTO design manual

• Group 1: Route A to B
• Group 2: Route E to B
• Group 3: Route A to F
• Group 4: Route E to F

Instructors: Taye A and Yomiyu R


CENG 3182 HIGHWAY ENGINEERING -I MINI - PROJECT 09/18/2021

NB: Change the scale to 1:250

Figure 1

Instructors: Taye A. and Yomiyu R.

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