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Lesson 1: Introduction To The IHSDM Pike Case Study: Go Back To: Table of Contents

This document provides an overview of Lesson 1 of the IHSDM Tutorial, which introduces IHSDM Pike, a 2.7 mile two-lane rural highway case study. IHSDM Pike has a crash rate higher than the state average and features narrow lanes, no shoulders, rolling terrain, and a skewed intersection. The lesson contains an exercise to review the horizontal and vertical alignment of IHSDM Pike by examining an electronic plan/profile sheet and alignment data summary. Lessons 3-8 will demonstrate how IHSDM evaluation modules can be used to evaluate safety and operations on IHSDM Pike.

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Lesson 1: Introduction To The IHSDM Pike Case Study: Go Back To: Table of Contents

This document provides an overview of Lesson 1 of the IHSDM Tutorial, which introduces IHSDM Pike, a 2.7 mile two-lane rural highway case study. IHSDM Pike has a crash rate higher than the state average and features narrow lanes, no shoulders, rolling terrain, and a skewed intersection. The lesson contains an exercise to review the horizontal and vertical alignment of IHSDM Pike by examining an electronic plan/profile sheet and alignment data summary. Lessons 3-8 will demonstrate how IHSDM evaluation modules can be used to evaluate safety and operations on IHSDM Pike.

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IHSDM Tutorial

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Lesson 1: Introduction to the IHSDM Pike Case Study

Lesson 1 introduces IHSDM Pike - an existing 2-lane rural highway that serves as a case study
for the Tutorial. The lesson contains an overview of IHSDM Pike, and an exercise that examines
the horizontal alignment, vertical alignment and cross-section in more detail through a review of
an electronic plan/profile sheet and a tabular summary of alignment data. Lessons 3-8 show how
the IHSDM evaluation modules could be used to evaluate IHSDM Pike.

Overview of IHSDM Pike:

IHSDM Pike is an arterial highway in rolling terrain. The State Highway Agency wants to
identify potential safety and operational concerns on a 2.705 mile section of the highway. Crash
history data for the years 2012-2014 indicate that the section has a crash rate higher than the
State average for 2-lane rural highways. The section to be analyzed has a design speed of 50
mph, relatively narrow 11 ft lanes and no shoulders. The horizontal alignment is generally
curvilinear, including several compound curves and one reverse curve. Some sections have steep
(over 5%) vertical grades. One intersection is located along IHSDM Pike, towards the end of the
alignment, where IHSDM Pike crosses Route 1. This 4-leg intersection is skewed and
signalized.

Summary:

o Length = 14281.693 ft
o Project limits: Station 00+00 to Station 142+81.693
o Functional classification = Arterial
o Terrain = Rolling
o Design speed = 50 mph
o Cross-section:
 11 ft wide travel lanes
 No shoulders
o Average Daily Traffic (ADT):
 In 2012: 3000 vpd
 In 2013: 3200 vpd
 In 2014: 3500 vpd
 In 2016: 5000 vpd
 In 2025: 7000 vpd (projected)
o Intersection:
 At Station 128+61.286: skewed 4-leg signalized (IHSDM Pike / Route 1)

1 Lesson 1
IHSDM Tutorial

Work Problem

Exercise 1.1: Review IHSDM Pike

In this exercise, you will examine IHSDM Pike by reviewing an electronic plan/profile sheet and
a tabular summary of alignment data for the 2.705 mile long evaluation section.

If you cannot access the files by clicking on the link, follow the step-by-step instructions below.

1. Go to the “Tutorial” folder within the IHSDM software


2. Go to the “IHSDM_Pike-Plan_Profile” sub-folder
3. Open plan and profile set.pdf to view a tabular summary of the existing highway’s
horizontal and vertical alignment data and a set of plan/profile sheets of the
existing highway.
4. Close the files when done.

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