ce 550 advanced highway design thomas b. stout, ph.d., p.e. b.s.e., sacramento state college, 1971...
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CE 550 ADVANCED HIGHWAY DESIGN
Thomas B. Stout, Ph.D., P.E. B.S.E., Sacramento State College, 1971 M.S., University of Nebraska, 1992 Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2005 Professional engineer in Indiana, Iowa,
Minnesota, and Nebraska Thirty-five years of professional practice
Chalhuanca to Abancay
Chalhuanca - Abancay
Photos from construction
company JJ Cametwebsite,
(www.jjc.com.pe)
North Coast Highway, Jamaica
HighwayAerial photo from Google EarthDragon Bay
Mills Civic Parkway Interchange
Aerial photo courtesy of Stanley Consultants, Inc.
Teaching Philosophy Teaching is a lot like parenting Write it down No stupid questions
Housekeeping Web site --
CE 550 Advanced Highway Design Main page – to be developed Syllabus
http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce550/syllabus.htm Contact information
http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce550/info.htm
OBJECTIVES Getting deeper into the highway design
process Lecture – describing the process and giving the
theory behind the design Homework – doing the process and
documenting your work
HIGHWAY DESIGN PROCESS
Source: Flexibility in
Highway Design, FHWA
PLANNING
Establish project need
Define project criteria and goals
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AKA Preliminary Design
Refine project need Develop a variety of design concepts Compare design concepts and their impacts Mitigation of impacts
Continuous public involvement Web site Newsletters Meetings
FINAL DESIGN Horizontal alignment Vertical alignment Cross-sections Drainage Detailed geometry (intersections) Traffic control and staging Traffic control devices Right-of-way
AND NOW IT’S YOUR TURN Class list Questions