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HIGHWAY DESIGN
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Basic History
Greek street - 4th or 3rd
century BC - The Porta
Rosa was the main street
of Elea.
The street is five meters
wide and has an incline of
18% in the steepest part.
It is paved with limestone
blocks and on one side
there is a small gutter for
drainage.

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Basic History
• Wheels were developed for cargo
• Wheeled-transport created the need for
better roads (Chariots, etc)
• Road designs were established (logs,
bricks, sandstone blocks, sands)
• Use for transport of merchants, trading,
and wars

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Design Standards
A highway engineer’s concern is to
design roads that would adequately
handle expected ___, and ensure that
roads are ______________ to drive on.

Standards have been developed as ____ in the design of

highways and to ensure that motorist’s __________,
_____________and _______________ are implemented in the
most _______ manner consistent with highway service
conditions. Design policies and standards generally represent
______ values.
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HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION
Highway Types
▪ 2-Lane Highways
▪ Multi Lane Highways (4 or more lanes)
▪ Undivided Highways
▪ Multilane divided Highways

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HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION
Classification According to System
▪ _________ Roads
▪ _________ Roads
▪ _________ Roads
▪ _________ Roads
▪ _________ Roads

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HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION
Classification According to System
▪ National Roads
❑Road Right of way = ____ meter min
❑Width of travelled way 2 lane = ____ m
minimum
❑Allowable grade = ___% maximum
Public roads, declared as national roads, National roads are
classified as primary and secondary roads. The former forms the
part of the main highway trunk-line system which is continuous in
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HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION
Classification According to System
▪ Provincial Roads
❑Road Right of way = ___ meters min
❑Width of travelled way 2 lane = ____ m
minimum
❑Allowable grade = ____ maximum
These are roads connecting one municipality to another, with the
terminal to be the public plaza; plus roads extending from one
municipality or from a provincial or national road to a public wharf
or railway station
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HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION
Classification According to System
▪ City Roads
❑Road Right of way = ___ m minimum
❑Width of travelled way 2 lane = ___ m
minimum
❑Allowable grade = ___ % maximum
Roads / streets within the urban area of a city not classified as
provincial or national roads

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HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION
Classification According to System
▪ City Roads
❑Road Right of way = ___ m minimum
❑Width of travelled way 2 lane = ___ m
minimum
❑Allowable grade = ___ % maximum
Roads / streets within the Poblacion area of a Municipality not
classified as provincial or national roads

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HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION
Classification According to System
▪ Barangay Roads
❑Road Right of way = ___ m minimum
❑Width of travelled way 2 lane = ___ m
minimum
❑Allowable grade = ___ % maximum
Roads located outside the poblacion area of a municipality or urban
area of a city and those outside industrial, commercial or residential
subdivision (access roads to subdivisions are not barangay roads),
and which act as a feeder from Farm-to-market road, and are not
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HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION
Classification According to System
▪ Tourism Roads
❑Road Right of way = ___ m minimum
❑Width of travelled way 2 lane = ___ m
minimum
❑Allowable grade = ___ % maximum
Roads located outside the poblacion area of a municipality or urban
area of a city and those outside industrial, commercial or residential
subdivision (access roads to subdivisions are not barangay roads),
and which act as a feeder from Farm-to-market road, and are not
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HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION
Classification According to System
▪ Farm to Market Roads
❑Road Right of way = ___ m minimum
❑Width of travelled way 2 lane = ___ m
minimum
❑Allowable grade = ___ % maximum
Roads located outside the poblacion area of a municipality or urban
area of a city and those outside industrial, commercial or residential
subdivision (access roads to subdivisions are not barangay roads),
and which act as a feeder from Farm-to-market road, and are not
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HIGHWAY TYPES/CLASSIFICATION
According to Primary Function
▪ _____
▪ These are divided arterial highways for through traffic, with full or
partial control of access and generally with grade separations at major
intersections.

▪ _____
▪ A freeway is a "controlled-access" highway — also known as an express
highway — that's designed exclusively for high-speed vehicular traffic.
Traffic flow on a freeway is unhindered because there are no traffic
signals, intersections, or at-grade crossings with other roads, railways,
or pedestrian paths.

▪ ____
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