Highway Engineering Questions

• If the cross slope of a country is 25% to 60%, the terrain is classified as
• The safe length L of a valley curve for night travel is
• The normal road land width for a major district road in open area, is
• If At is the area of steel cross-section, t is working stress, L is width of road and W is weight of slab per square metre, the spacing of the tie bars for a longitudinal joint, is
• The G.T. road from Lahore to Calcutta in undivided India, was constructed during
• When each particle of aggregates is thinly coated with cement paste, a heterogeneous solid is formed, which is known as
• The full width of land acquired before finalising a highway, alignment is known
• The width of the right of way in urban area, is kept between 24 m to 60 m for
• Extra widening required at a horizontal curve on a single lane hill road of radius 80 m for a design speed of 50 km ph and for a vehicle with wheel base 6.0 m is
• If a Lemniscate curve of transition throughout is introduced to connect two parallel roads, the maximum polar angle of the curve, is
• Retaining walls are generally constructed with dry rubble stones with 60 cm top width and
• The ability of a driver to stop the vehicle moving with the designed speed, depends upon:
• In cement concrete pavements, tensile stress is due to :
• During last phase of the reconnaissance, details of the grade line is recorded on 2 metre poles to indicate
• The radius of curvature provided along a transition curve, is
• The convexity provided to the carriageway between the crown and edge of the pavement, is known as
• The standard equation of a cubical spiral transition curve provided on roads, is
• On earth roads, the camber should preferably be
• To prevent compressive stresses in a rigid concrete pavement, the joint prvoided, is
• Alignment of highways in hilly regions, is decided on