
Highway Engineering
Planning, Design, and Operations
Resources
Description
Key Features
- Covers traffic flow relationships and traffic impact analysis, collision analysis, road safety audits, advisory speeds
- Applications for horizontal and vertical alignment, highway geometric design, traffic operations, traffic safety, civil engineering topics
- Engineering considerations for highway planning design and construction are included, such as hydraulics, geotechnical engineering, and structural engineering
Readership
Highway Engineers, and Transportation Engineers
Table of Contents
- Part 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Introduction
- References
- 1.2 Organization of the Book
- 1.3 Functional Classifications of Highway
- 1.4 Types of Intersections
- Part 2. Transportation Planning
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Planning Concepts and Four-Step Process Overview
- 2.3 Trip Generation
- 2.4 Trip Distribution
- 2.5 Mode Choice
- 2.6 Traffic Assignment
- 2.7 Travel Demand Model Applications
- 2.8 Practice Problems
- References
- Part 3. Horizontal and Vertical Alignment
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Corridor Selection
- References
- 3.3 Sight Distance
- 3.4 Highway Alignment
- 3.5 Practice Problems
- Part 4. Highway Geometric Design
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Design Controls
- 4.3 Basic Highway Segments
- 4.4 Cross-Section Elements
- 4.5 Intersection Design
- 4.6 Interchange Design
- 4.7 Practice Problems
- References
- Part 5. Traffic Operations
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Traffic Flow Fundamentals
- 5.3 Uninterrupted Flow
- 5.4 Interrupted Flow
- 5.5 Traffic Signals and Signal Timing
- 5.6 Practice Problems
- References
- Part 6. Traffic Safety
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Road Safety Audits
- 6.3 Conflict Analysis
- 6.4 Collision Analysis
- 6.5 Practice Problems
- Part 7. Geotechnical
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Soil Sampling and Testing Analysis
- 7.3 Soil Classification
- 7.4 Phase Relations
- 7.5 Compaction
- 7.6 Consolidation
- 7.7 Summary
- 7.8 Practice Problems
- Part 8. Structures
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Components of a Bridge System
- 8.3 Steel Beam Design
- 8.4 Hammerhead Design
- 8.5 Column Design
- 8.6 Pile Footing Design
- 8.7 Summary
- 8.8 Practice Problems
- Part 9. Hydraulics
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Design Preliminaries
- 9.3 Rational Method
- 9.4 Open Channel Flow
- 9.5 Inlets and Weirs
- 9.6 Flow in Pipes
- 9.7 Practice Problems
- Index
- Part 1. Introduction
Product details
- No. of pages: 722
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 2015
- Published: September 9, 2015
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128012482
- eBook ISBN: 9780128013557
About the Authors
Daniel J. Findley

Affiliations and Expertise
Bastian Schroeder
Christopher M. Cunningham
Affiliations and Expertise
Thomas H. Brown, Jr
Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) in Raleigh, NC. He
teaches engineering classes for several major programs through
contracts ITRE has with the North Carolina DOT. He holds a Ph.D.
from North Carolina State University and is a licensed Professional
Engineer (PE) in North Carolina.
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
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Geosynthetic C. Tue Sep 29 2020
Geosynthetic Liner CQA
I am a newly graduate civil engineer and I am looking into the geosynthetic industry as my focus of expertise. Nice to see articles like this to broaden my knowledge.
DexterWilliams Tue Dec 31 2019
Highway Engineering
A great book which can be use as a supplement for engineering students and a must have for practicing engineers