Highway Engineering Questions

• The traffic carrying capacity of a single lane, depends on
• Floating gradients are generally provided
• Width of the shoulders of carriage way is generally kept
• An upgrade g1% is followed by a downgrade g2%. The equation of the parabolic curve of length L to be introduced, is given by
• If L is the length of vehicles in metres, C is the clear distance between two consecutive vehicles (stopping sight distance), V is the speed of vehicles in km/hour, the maximum number N of vehicles/hour, is
• The usual width of side drains along Highways in hilly region, is
• The pavement width of a road depends upon
• Pick up the correct statement from the following:
• Enoscope is used to determine
• The minimum width of the pavement of a National Highway should be
• Round-abouts are not suitable if number of vehicles exceed
• For a comfortable travel on Highways, the centrifugal ratio should not exceed
• The width formation of a road means the width of
• An exceptional grade may be provided upto 1 in 12 along hill roads, if the length does not exceed
• 1.R.T.D.A. (Indian Roads and Transport Development Association) was set up at Bombay in
• The traffic manoeuvre means
• To compensate the loss of tractive force of vehicles along curves of radius R, the percentage reduction of gradient, is
• For clear distinct vision, images of obstructions should fall on the retina with a cone of
• Following type of pavement is generally known as flexible pavement
• Volume of traffic which is due to improvement carried out in adjacent area, is known as