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Author: Nicholas J. Garber; Lester A. Hoel
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 3, Problem 19P
To determine
Whether the designed location is hazardous or not. And action recommended for hazardous location.
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On a proposed highway, the speed limit is 120 km/hr, radius of a horizontal curve on this proposed highway is 250 m and the superelevetion is 8%. Is there any design problem? If so, what the action will you recommend to correct the design?
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The radius of a horizontal curve on an existing highway was field-measured to be
243 m. The pavement on this two-lane highway is 6.6 m wide, and the elevation difference
between the inside and outside of the curve is 0.43 m. The posted speed limit on the road
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