CE 453

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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

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Chalhuanca to Abancay
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Chalhuanca - Abancay
Photos from construction company JJ
Camet website, (www.jjc.com.pe)
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North Coast Highway, Jamaica
Highway
Aerial photo from Google Earth
Dragon Bay
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Mills Civic Parkway Interchange
Aerial photo courtesy of Stanley Consultants, Inc.
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Teaching Philosophy

• Teaching is a lot like parenting
• Write it down
• No stupid questions

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Housekeeping

• Web site --CE 453 Highway Design
• Main page -- http//www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/c
  e453/453.htm
• Syllabus http//www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce453
  /453_syllabus.htm
• Contact information http//www.ctre.iastate.edu/ed
  ucweb/ce453/453_info.htm
• Text Garber and Hoel, Traffic and Highway
  Engineering, 3rd Ed.

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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

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HIGHWAY DESIGN PROCESS

• Source Flexibility in Highway Design, FHWA

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PLANNING
Establish project need
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
Define project criteria and goals
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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

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FINAL DESIGN

• Horizontal alignment
• Vertical alignment
• Cross-sections
• Drainage
• Detailed geometry (intersections)
• Traffic control and staging
• Traffic control devices
• Right-of-way