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Gujarat Technological University

This document is an exam for a Highway Engineering course, consisting of 5 questions covering various topics related to highway design and traffic. Question 1 asks students to define highway alignment and discuss requirements for an ideal road alignment, and explain the necessity and objectives of highway planning. Question 2 covers topics related to horizontal alignment curves. Question 3 differentiates between bitumen and tar or covers earth road construction. Question 4 addresses longitudinal drains, landslides, and roadside tree planting. Question 5 covers traffic rotaries and signals as well as speed studies and road user characteristics.

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Gujarat Technological University

This document is an exam for a Highway Engineering course, consisting of 5 questions covering various topics related to highway design and traffic. Question 1 asks students to define highway alignment and discuss requirements for an ideal road alignment, and explain the necessity and objectives of highway planning. Question 2 covers topics related to horizontal alignment curves. Question 3 differentiates between bitumen and tar or covers earth road construction. Question 4 addresses longitudinal drains, landslides, and roadside tree planting. Question 5 covers traffic rotaries and signals as well as speed studies and road user characteristics.

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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


BE - SEMESTER–V- EXAMINATION – SUMMER 2016
Subject Code: 150601 Date: 19/05/2016
Subject Name: Highway Engineering
Time: 02:30 PM to 05:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.

Q.1 (a) Define highway alignment. Discuss briefly the basic requirements of an ideal 07
road alignment.
(b) Explain the necessity and objects of highway planning. 07
Q.2 (a) What are the objects of providing transition curves on the horizontal alignment 07
highways? Explain it.
(b) The design speed of a highway is 80 kmph. There is a horizontal curve of radius 07
200 m on a certain locality. Calculate the superelevation needed to maintain this
speed. If the max superelevation on this horizontal curve as it is not possible to
increase the radius. Safe limit of transverse coefficient of friction is 0.15.

OR
(b) Calculating the extra width of pavement required on a horizontal curve of radius 07
700m on a two lane highway, the design speed being 80 kmph. Assume wheel
base l=6m.

Q.3 (a) Differentiate between bitumen and tar. 07


(b) What are advantages and Disadvantages of Bituminous roads? 07
OR
Q.3 (a) State the procedure adopted for the construction of the Earth road. 07
(b) Distinguish between rigid and flexible pavement 07

Q.4 (a) Explain longitudinal drains with neat sketch. 07

(b) Define land slide. State its types and its causes. 07
OR
Q.4 (a) State the various operations for planting of trees on road side development. 07

(b) Explain in detail the PPP model of highway financing in India. 07

Q.5 (a) State the advantages and disadvantages of traffic rotary. 07


(b) What are the advantages and disadvantages of traffic signals? Briefly explain 07
various types of traffic signals.
OR
Q.5 (a) Explain Spot speed, Running speed and Journey speed. How the spot speed 07
study is carried out?
(b) Explain the road user characteristics. 07

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