GROUP 5 QUESTIONNAIRE: GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS

IDENTIFICATION: (15 items)

1. It refers to the through movement of people, goods, and vehicles from point A to point B
in the system.
2. On vertical curves, what is the sight distance from an assumed eye height?
3. According to AASHTO, this trip function transfers from through portion to remaining
functions that lead to access and termination.
4. This highway classification is designed primarily for through movement but also provide
access for some abutting lands.
5. On vertical curves, what is the sight distance from an assumed object height?
6. These are facilities with substantial control of access but having some at grade crossings
or entrances.
7. is the process of defining locations along the project by station numbers.
8. Part of a highway that provides the space that moving or parked vehicles occupy during
Operations.
9. The portion of the roadway contiguous with the traveled way that accommodates stopped
vehicles, emergency use, and lateral support of sub-base, base, and surface courses.
10. The recommended cross-slope of shoulder with a surface made of bituminous.
11. It consists of tangents connected by circular curves either simple curves or via transition
curves.
12. It is tilting the roadway to assist the drivers in resisting the effect of centripetal force.
13. It is the friction between the tires and the pavement surface.
14. What is recommended superelevation in urban areas?
15. What is recommended superelevation in rural areas?
TRUE OR FALSE: (10 items)

16. Where at-grade intersections occur on roadway sections with moderate to steep grades,
the grade should be increased through the intersection area.
17. Sag vertical curves in cuts should be avoided unless adequate drainage is provided.
18. A smooth grade line with gradual changes is preferred to a line with numerous breaks and
short grades.
19. Two horizontal curves in opposite direction should always be separated by a tangent of at
least 20 feet.
20. Whenever two consecutive curves are connected on a highway segment, the larger radii
should not be more than 1.5 times the smaller.
21. Use of compound curves should be limited to cases in which physical conditions require
it.
22. Use of spiral transition curves is not a significant assist to drivers negotiating reverse
curves.
23. A spiral curve is merely a series of simple horizontal curves subject to the same criteria
as isolated horizontal curves.
24. When the road is design to drain both sides, there must be drainage ditches or culverts
and pipes on both sides of the pavement.
25. Twenty feet or wider medians without dangerous objects is provided guardrail and curbed.
They can also serve as accident recovery areas.

ENUMERATION: (5 items)

25 – 30. Give at least 5 elements of Vertical Curves.

ANSWER KEY:
1. Mobility
2. 3.5 ft.
3. Transition
4. Arterials
5. 2 ft.
6. Expressways
7. Stationing
8. Travel Lanes
9. Shoulder
10. 2.0 – 6.0
11. Horizontal Alignment
12. Superelevation
13. Coefficient of side-factor
14. 4-6%
15. 10-12%
16. False
17. True
18. True
19. False
20. True
21. True
22. False
23. False
24. True
25. False

25 - 30. List 5 of the following:

• Point of Vertical Intersection (PVI)

• Difference in Grades
• Point of Vertical Curvature
• Point of Vertical Tangency
• Curve Length
• Entrance Grade
• Exit Grade