what is importance of Highway Transportation |Highway engineering|wahthu| part 2

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Topic: - what is importance of Highway Transportation
Duration:- 10:29 Minutes
By: - Munesh Sir
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What is highway engineering?
Highway engineering is one of the branches of civil engineering. It deals with the process of design, construction and maintenance of different types of roads in India.
The scope of Highway engineering:
Apart from the design, construction and maintenance of different types of roads, highway engineering also includes the study of the following topics:

a.Development, planning and locations of roads;

b.Materials required for their construction

c.Highway traffic performance and its' control

d.Drainage of roads etc.

The scope of Highway engineering:
Apart from the design, construction and maintenance of different types of roads, highway engineering also includes the study of the following topics:

a.Development, planning and locations of roads;

b.Materials required for their construction

c.Highway traffic performance and its' control

d.Drainage of roads etc.

We shall discuss about construction and maintenance of different types of roads

Important technical terms related to roads:
Some important terms having an immediate concern with highway engineering are discussed below:

1.Road: A public through fare over which vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians etc. may lawfully move from one place to another is called a road or highway.

Usually, the term highway is used for an important road of national or state importance in a country.

2.Traffic: The vehicles, cycles, cars, pedestrians etc. travelling together on a road constitute the traffic.

3.Footway: The portion of the roadway of an urban road reserved only for pedestrians is called footpath, sidewalk or footway.
The minimum width of the sidewalk should be 1.5 metres.

4.Cycle track: The portion of the roadway of an urban road reserved only for bicycles is called cycle track.
The minimum width of cycle track should be 2 metres.

5.Motorway: The portion of the roadway of an urban road reserved for use only by high speed and power driven vehicles is called motorway, expressway or the super highway.

The land width for an express way is recommended as 50 to 60 metres. The function of express way is to cater for movement of heavy volumes of motor traffic at high speeds.
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