The traditional two-stage highway design process provides separate processing of horizontal and vertical alignments. One drawback of the two-stage methodology, however, is design inconsistency because of drivers' responses that are not detected until the road is built. To remedy this situation, a three-dimensional (3-D) design methodology has been developed to eliminate the need for postchecking to ensure design consistency and availability of adequate sight distance. With the proposed 3-D design methodology, planners and designers can simulate the entire design process at the onset. The paper presents a novel 3-D algorithm for calculating sight distance on the basis of the proposed 3-D design methodology. A case study demonstrates the applicability of the methodology.


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    Title :

    New Three-Dimensional Highway Design Methodology for Sight Distance Measurement


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2011-01-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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    by Glennon / Hall / Turner | NTIS | 1989


    Highway sight distance design issues

    National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, USA | TIBKAT | 1989