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Ce 453 - Highway Design: Thomas B. Stout, PH.D., P.E

This document provides information about the CE 453 - Highway Design course. It introduces the instructor, Dr. Thomas B. Stout, including his education and experience. It then outlines the course objectives of introducing students to the highway design process and Microstation/Geopak software. Finally, it summarizes the key steps in the highway design process that will be covered, including planning, project development, and final design.

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Ce 453 - Highway Design: Thomas B. Stout, PH.D., P.E

This document provides information about the CE 453 - Highway Design course. It introduces the instructor, Dr. Thomas B. Stout, including his education and experience. It then outlines the course objectives of introducing students to the highway design process and Microstation/Geopak software. Finally, it summarizes the key steps in the highway design process that will be covered, including planning, project development, and final design.

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CE 453 – HIGHWAY DESIGN

 Thomas B. Stout, Ph.D., P.E.


 B.S.E., Sacramento State College, 1971
 M.S., University of Nebraska, 1992
 Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2005
 Professional engineer in Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota,
and Nebraska
 Thirty-five years of professional practice
Chalhuanca
to Abancay
Chalhuanca - Abancay

Photos from
construction
company JJ Camet
website,
(www.jjc.com.pe)
North Coast Highway, Jamaica

Highway
Dragon Bay Aerial photo from Google Earth
Mills Civic Parkway Interchange

Aerial photo courtesy of Stanley Consultants, Inc.


Teaching Philosophy
 Teaching is a lot like parenting
 Write it down
 No stupid questions
Housekeeping
 Web site --CE 453 Highway Design
 Main page --
http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce453/453.htm
 Syllabus
http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce453/453_syllabus.htm
 Contact information
http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce453/453_info.htm

 Text – Garber and Hoel, Traffic and Highway


Engineering, 3rd Ed.
OBJECTIVES
 Introduction to the highway design process
 Lecture – describing the process and giving the
theory behind the design
 Laboratory – doing the process and documenting
your work
 Introduction to Microstation/Geopak
HIGHWAY DESIGN
PROCESS

Source:
Flexibility in
Highway
Design, FHWA
PLANNING

Establish project need

PUBLIC
INVOLVEMENT

Define project criteria and goals


PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
 AKA Preliminary Design
 Refine project need
 Develop a variety of design concepts
 Compare design concepts and their impacts
 Mitigation of impacts
 Continuous public involvement
 Web site
 Newsletters
 Meetings
FINAL DESIGN
 Horizontal alignment
 Vertical alignment
 Cross-sections
 Drainage
 Detailed geometry (intersections)
 Traffic control and staging
 Traffic control devices
 Right-of-way

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