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    Activity 3.4.

    8 Road Design (Optional)


    Introduction
    Ours is a society that is heavily dependent on a road system. A large branch of civil
    engineering deals with road planning and development. Everything from sight lines
    to grades must be planned. Horizontal and vertical alignment has more effect on
    establishing the general characteristics of a highway than any other design
    consideration.

    Decisions on alignment will have a significant impact on both construction and


    vehicle operating costs. These decisions also affect safe vehicle operating speeds.
    On a freeway, curves must be gradual, while on a feeder road they are kept tight to
    slow traffic. You must decide how the road will be used and design accordingly. It is
    rare that you can create a perfectly straight road. While terrain, climate, weather, and
    other natural obstacles force changes to the road alignment, the expense of vertical
    alignment (hills and valleys) has the largest impact. If earth must be added or
    removed (cut and fill) the cost of construction will increase.

    In this activity you will calculate important information needed to document a road
    design. You will also apply the knowledge you gain about road design to the
    Keystone Library Renovation project.

    Equipment
    Activity 3.4.2A Road Chart
    Pencil
    Computer with Internet access
    Calculator

    Procedure
    Use the Road Plan to complete the following.

    Part 1 Road Design


    1. What type of road is shown in the road plan? What is the function of this
    road type?
    It is a col-de-sac. It is a dead end road for neighborhood.
    2. Label the point of intersection with the appropriate abbreviation on the
    plan.

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    Blue circle
    3. Label the important points along the roadway with the appropriate
    abbreviations.

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    4. Calculate the missing horizontal curve data. Show your work below and fill
    in the blanks on the plan.
    5. Complete Activity 3.4.2A Road Chart. Show every important point on the
    roadway beginning at the point of intersection with Lead The Way Boulevard.

    Part 2 Keystone Road Renovation

    Although you will not design a public roadway for the Keystone Library Renovation
    project, a developer may be required to make improvements to the existing roadway
    infrastructure when traffic patterns change. You will research the existing roadways
    near the Keystone site to make recommendations for improvements to minimize the
    negative effect of the project on the surrounding traffic flow.

    1. List the six classifications for a roadway.


    2. Visit the Indiana Department of Transportation Traffic Count interactive
    map at http://dotmaps.indot.in.gov/apps/trafficcounts/. Zoom in to the
    Keystone site on the interactive map.
    3. Print a copy of the traffic count map and label each of the following roads
    on the map. Also determine the classification of each road and write the
    classification of each road on the map. Note that you can use the Identify tool to
    discover the names of any roadway. You may also want to look at Google Earth
    to view the actual road construction.
    a. State Road 37
    b. State Road 32
    c. Cumberland Avenue
    d. Monument Street

    Conclusion
    1. What factors should an engineer consider when designing a road?

    2. From which road(s) should you provide access to/from the library
    entrance/exit? Why?

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    3. How will the locations of the existing intersections on Cumberland Road
    affect your planned location of the ingress and egress from the Keystone Library
    Renovation site?

    4. What improvements to the existing roadway infrastructure would you


    recommend to minimize the negative effect of the Keystone Library Renovation
    project on the surrounding traffic flow and pedestrian traffic?

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