It is required to design a rural highway in Baghdad city, the anticipated peak hourly volume for the highway section under consideration within one year is shown in table below: Hour No. 5th 15th 20th 30th 1st 40th 45th 50th Volume (veh./hr) 4000 3750 3300 3100 2850 2700 2650 2600 Find the required No. of lanes for this highway (PHF = 0.85; DDF 0.6; Truck 10 percent,design service flow for one lane 1080 pc/hr/lane)
It is required to design a rural highway in Baghdad city, the anticipated peak hourly volume for the highway section under consideration within one year is shown in table below: Hour No. 5th 15th 20th 30th 1st 40th 45th 50th Volume (veh./hr) 4000 3750 3300 3100 2850 2700 2650 2600 Find the required No. of lanes for this highway (PHF = 0.85; DDF 0.6; Truck 10 percent,design service flow for one lane 1080 pc/hr/lane)
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Transcribed Image Text:It is required to design a rural highway in Baghdad city, the anticipated peak hourly volume for the highway
section under consideration within one year is shown in table below:
Hour No.
5th
15th
20th 30th
1st
4000 3750 3300
45th 50
Volume (veh./hr)
3100 2850
2650
Find the required No. of lanes for this highway (PHF=0.85; DDF 0.6; Truck 10 percent,design service flow for
one lane 1080 pc/hr/lane)
40th
2700
2600
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