HIGHWAY AND RAILWAY

ENGINEERING
CIV 0311

Engr. ALFRED NORVEN M. TUMBAGA

Faculty
Specialty Divisions
Article IV, Section 5 of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE)
Amended By-Laws states that “The Institute shall initially have five (5)
Specialty divisions in the areas of Structural Engineering,
Transportation Engineering, Water Engineering, Geotechnical
Engineering, and Construction Management and Engineering”.

The Division for Environment and Energy Engineering is the latest

Specialty Division created by PICE
Transportation Engineering
• Transportation engineering is the application of technology and
scientific principles to the design, operation, planning and
management of transportation infrastructure, mobility service, traffic,
and travelers for various travel modes, in order to provide for the
safe, efficient, rapid, comfortable, convenient, economical, and
environmentally sustainable movement of people and goods.

Source: https://www.civil.columbia.edu/transportation-engineering
Branches of Transportation Engineering
The main branches of transport engineering are: traffic engineering,
highway engineering, port and harbour engineering, airport
engineering and railway engineering.

Source:https://www.mastersportal.com/disciplines/257/transportation
engineering.html#:~:text=Transport%20engineering%20is%20connected%20to,%2C%20airport%20engineering%2C%20infrastructure%20engineering.
Highway Engineering
a branch of civil engineering dealing with the planning, location, design,
construction, and maintenance of highways and with the regulations
and control devices employed in highway traffic operations

Source:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/highway%20engineering
Railway Engineering
a branch of civil engineering dealing with the location, construction,
and maintenance of railroads
Highway
a main road, especially one connecting major towns or cities.
Brief History of Highways in the Philippines

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)

Mandate: The DPWH is mandated to undertake (a) the planning of infrastructure, such as national
roads and bridges, flood control, water resources projects and other public works, and (b) the design,
construction, and maintenance of national roads and bridges, and major flood control systems.

Function: The Department of Public Works and Highways functions as the engineering and
construction arm of the Government tasked to continuously develop its technology for the purpose of
ensuring the safety of all infrastructure facilities and securing for all public works and highways the
highest efficiency and quality in construction. DPWH is currently responsible for the planning, design,
construction and maintenance of infrastructure, especially the national highways, flood control and
water resources development system, and other public works in accordance with national
development objectives.
History of DPWH
The Department is considered as old as the Philippine government, its
existence dates back to about four (4) centuries at the time of the Spanish
colonial era. It emerged from its embryonic form in 1565 when the first
settlement roads were constructed by forced labor. Fortresses then were
connected by improved trails as supply lines and means of communications.
As Spain was in its expansion program in the islands, it resorted to a policy
of attraction by way of public works construction. In order to pursue their
objective, the King of Spain designated the Spanish Governor General in the
country as Chief of Public Works assisted by “Junta Consultiva” through a
Royal Degree in 1867.

Source: https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/DPWH/about/history
Road
Classification
Pan - Philippine Highway
The Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as the Maharlika Highway s a
3,517-kilometer (2,185 mi) network of roads, expressways, bridges,
and ferry services that connect the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and
Mindanao in the Philippines, serving as the country's principal
transport backbone. It is the longest highway in the Philippines that
forms the country's north–south backbone component of the National
Route 1 (N1) of the Philippine highway network. The entire highway is
designated as Asian Highway 26 (AH26) of the Asian Highway
Network.

The northern terminus of the highway is in Laoag and the southern

terminus is in Zamboanga City.
Map of the Philippines showing
the route of Pan-Philippine
Highway
METRO MANILA MAJOR ROAD NETWORK
CIRCUMFERENTIAL ROADS

C-1 : P. Burgos St. (Roxas. Blvd. to Taft Ave.)

Ayala Blvd. ((Taft Ave. to Echague St.)
P. Casal Street Ave. (Echague Street to
Legarda St.)
C.M. Recto Ave. (Legarda St. to R-10 Road)
C-2 : Pres. Quirino Ave. (Roxas Blvd. to Mendoza-
Guanzon St.)
Nagtahan (Mendoza-Guanzon St. to Legarda St.)
A. Mendoza St. (Legarda St. to Dimasalang St.)
Tayuman St. (Dimasalang St. to R-10 Road)
C-3 : Sen. G. Puyat Ave. (Roxas Blvd. to Ayala Ave.)
San Juan Bridge (N. Domingo St. to Aurora Blvd.)
G. Araneta Ave. (Aurora Blvd. to Sgt. River St.)
Sgt. Rivera Ave. (G. Araneta Ave. to
A. Bonifacio Ave.)
3Road (R-10 Road to A. Bonifacio Ave.)
C-4 : EDSA (Taft Ave. to McArthur Highway)
Samson Road (McArthur Highway to
A. Mabini Ave.)
Letre Road (A. Mabini Ave. to Sansiangco St.)
C-5 : South Superhighway to Katipunan Avenue
Katipunan Avenue to Letre Road
C-6 : Alignment under Study
METRO MANILA MAJOR ROAD NETWORK RADIA
ROADS
R-1 : Roxas Boulevard (Del Pan Bridge to Seaside
Road to Bacoor, Cavite)
2 : Taft Avenue (Lawton to Baclaran)
3 : Manila South Expressway (Pres. Quirino Ave. to
Zapote-Alabang Road)
R-4 : Pasig Line (Pedro Gil Street to A. Francisco Street)
Kalayaan Ave. (A. Bonifacio St. to Bel-Air Subd.)
Kalayaan Ave. (EDSA to C-5)
R-5 : V. Mapa St. (R. Magsaysay Blvd. to Valenzuela St.)
P. Sanchez (Valenzuela St. to Gen. Kalentong St.)
Shaw Blvd. (Gen. Kalentong St. to Capt. Javier St.)
Pasig Blvd. (Capt. Javier St. to Dr. Sixto Antonio Ave.
R-6 : Legarda St. (C.M. Recto Ave. to Nagtahan)
R. Magsaysay Blvd. (Nagtahan to V. Mapa St.)
Aurora Blvd. (V. Mapa St. to marcos Highway)
A. Bonifacio H-way/Sumulong H-way (Marcos H-way
to Marikina Bdy.)
R-7 : Lerma Street (Quiapo to Morayta Street)
España Avenue (Morayta St. to E. Rodriguez Ave.)
Quezon Ave. (E. Rodriguez Ave. to Elliptical Road)
D.M. Marcos Ave. (Elliptical Road to Fairview Ave.)
R-8 : Quezon Blvd. (Quiapo to Dapitan St.)
A. Mendoza Ave. (Dapitan St. to Laong Laan St.)
Dimasalang St. (Laong Laan St. to Retiro St.)
A. Bonifacio Ave. (Retiro St. to EDSA)
Quirino Ave. (EDSA to Quezon City Limit)
R-9 : J. Abad Santos Ave. (C.M. Recto Ave. to Aurora Blvd.)
Rizal Ave. Ext. (Aurora Blvd. to EDSA)
McArthur Highway (EDSA to Baclaran Boundary)
Del Pan Bridge to Spine Road
R-10: