A SOUIO be constr 2pinous 10 alpo curve of an urban freeway. The inside lane is 3.8 m wide, with a shoulder of120 m The radius of the curve measured up to the outer edge of the shoulder is 45 m Determine the sight distance of this section of the curve with the sound wall
A SOUIO be constr 2pinous 10 alpo curve of an urban freeway. The inside lane is 3.8 m wide, with a shoulder of120 m The radius of the curve measured up to the outer edge of the shoulder is 45 m Determine the sight distance of this section of the curve with the sound wall
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Transcribed Image Text:c) A sound wall is to be constructed at the edge of shoulder, along the inside of a horizontal
curve of an urban freeway. The inside lane is 3.8 m wide, with a shoulder of 1.20 m The
radius of the curve measured up to the outer edge of the shoulder is 45 m
Determine the sight distance of this section of the curve with the sound wall
If the minimunm sight stopping distance required is 50m, discuss the options
available to the highway engineer
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