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Sight Distance Sight Distance: CE 361 Transportation Engineering

The document discusses different types of sight distances that must be provided for in road design including stopping sight distance, passing sight distance, horizontal sight distance, and vertical curve sight distance. It provides charts from AASHTO for determining minimum sight distances based on roadway design speed and grade. It also gives examples of calculating the minimum length of vertical curves needed to provide adequate sight distance at a crest or sag based on connecting road grades and design speed.

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Sight Distance Sight Distance: CE 361 Transportation Engineering

The document discusses different types of sight distances that must be provided for in road design including stopping sight distance, passing sight distance, horizontal sight distance, and vertical curve sight distance. It provides charts from AASHTO for determining minimum sight distances based on roadway design speed and grade. It also gives examples of calculating the minimum length of vertical curves needed to provide adequate sight distance at a crest or sag based on connecting road grades and design speed.

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SightDistance Sight Distance

CE361TransportationEngineering

SightDistance Sight Distance


Length of the roadway a driver can see at any Lengthoftheroadwayadrivercanseeatany particulartime

AASHTOSSDChart AASHTO SSD Chart

AASHTOSSDChart AASHTO SSD Chart

SSDforTerrainwithSlopes

LevelTerrain

AASHTODecisionSDChart AASHTO Decision SD Chart

PassingSightDistance Passing Sight Distance

AASHTOPassingSightDistance AASHTO Passing Sight Distance

PassingSightDistance Passing Sight Distance

TotalPassingSightDistanceandItsComponents
Source:AASHTOGreenBook,2004

AASHTOPassingSightDistance AASHTO Passing Sight Distance

PassingSightDistanceDesignforTwoLaneHighways
Source:AASHTOGreenBook,2004

HorizontalSightDistance Horizontal Sight Distance

HorizontalSightDistance Horizontal Sight Distance

VerticalCurveSightDistance Vertical Curve Sight Distance

CrestVerticalCurves Crest Vertical Curves

SagVerticalCurves Sag Vertical Curves

Example:MinimumLengthofa CrestVerticalCurve l
Given: Given:
Acrestverticalcurveistobedesignedtojoina +3%gradewitha3%gradeatasectionofatwo lanehighway Thedesignspeedofthehighwayis60mph

Determine:
Minimumlengthofthecurve

Example:MinimumLengthofa SagVerticalCurve l
Given: Given:
Asagverticalcurveistobedesignedtojoina3% gradetoa+3%grade. grade to a +3% grade Designspeedis40mph

Determine:
Mi i MinimumLengthofthecurve L th f th

VerticalCurveObstructions Vertical Curve Obstructions

ObstructionExample Obstruction Example


A vertical curve connects a 1.3% tangent and Averticalcurveconnectsa 1.3%tangentand a+1.8%tangent.Thetangentsintersectat station74+00andelevation310feet.A railroadlineatgradecrossesthecurveat station75+20andelevation314feet. Whatisthelengthoftheverticalcurve?

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