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Civil Engineering - Highway Engineering

Exercise : Highway Engineering - Section 1
1.
A district road with a bituminous pavement has a horizontal curve of 1000 m for a design speed of 75 km ph. The super-elevation is
1 in 40
1 in 50
1 in 60
1 in 70
none of these.
Answer: Option
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2.
The minimum value of camber provided for thin bituminous surface hill roads, is
2.2%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
Answer: Option
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3.
Design of horizontal and vertical alignments, super-elevation, sight distance and grades, is worst affected by
width of the vehicle
length of the vehicle
height of the vehicle
speed of the vehicle
Answer: Option
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4.
Thickness of a pavement may be reduced considerably by
compaction of soil
stabilisation of soil
drainage of soil
combination of all the above.
Answer: Option
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5.
The total length of a valley formed by two gradients - 3% and + 2% curve between the two tangent points to provide a rate of change of centrifugal acceleration 0.6 m/sec2, for a design speed 100 km ph, is
16.0 m
42.3 m
84.6 m
none of these.
Answer: Option
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