ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY

ADDIS ABABA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTEMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING I ASSIGNMENT I

1. The following are cross-section notes for a transition from cut to fill. The roadbed is 12m wide in cut
and 14 m wide in fill. Side slopes are 1:2. Compute volumes of cut and fill by the average end area
method or pyramid volume as appropriate. Find the net amount of waste or borrow, allowing 15%
shrinkage for material excavated and placed in embankment. Borrow should be expressed in fill meters
and waste in cut meters.

Station Left Center Right

𝐶2.50 𝐶6.73
732+20 C5.23
11.00 19.46
𝐶0.77 𝐶4.27
732+40 C3.40
7.54 14.54
0.0 𝐶2.57
732+55 C1.87
6.00 11.13
𝐹0.40 𝐹0.93
732+85 0.0
7.80 7.87
𝐹1.50 0.0
733+00 F0.67
10.00 7.00
𝐶4.07 𝐹0.60
733+20 F2.73
15.14 8.20
𝐹5.77 𝐹2.87
733+40 F4.27
18.53 12.73
𝐹6.73 𝐹4.07
734+00 F6.23
20.47 15.13

2.
a) Plot the mass diagram for the earthwork quantities contained in the accompanying table. The
initial ordinate has been arbitrarily set at 5000 m3.
b) Calculate the total earthwork costs for this project using the following data.
• Free haul distance= 300 m
• Excavation costs (including 300 m free haul) = $5.00 /m3.
• Borrow (including cost of hauling)= $10.50/m3.
• Cost of overhaul= 7.00/sta-m.
• Cost of waste is included in cost of excavation

Summary Sheet: corrected for 10% shrinkage

Station Cut vol. Fill vol. M.D. Ordinate Station Cut vol. Fill vol. M.D. Ordinate
0+00 5000 11+50 150.4 30.3 712.7
0+50 35.3 5035.3 12+00 450.7 1163.4
1+00 120.6 5155.9 12+50 824.8 1988.2
1+50 334.8 5490.7 13+00 1443.8 3432
2+00 596.3 6087 13+50 1735.6 5167.6
2+50 1024.8 7111.8 14+00 1238.2 6405.8
3+00 1541.6 8653.4 14+50 776.4 56.8 7125.4
3+50 1434.2 10087.6 15+00 350.4 190.7 7285.1
4+00 936.7 11024.3 15+50 175.6 450.2 7010.5
4+50 422.2 10.3 11436.2 16+00 45 933.6 6121.9
5+00 75.5 79.7 11432 16+50 1504.3 4617.6
5+50 8.5 180.4 11260.1 17+00 1873.6 2744
6+00 360 10900.1 17+50 1239.2 1504.8
6+50 520.4 10379.7 18+00 45.8 639.2 911.4
7+00 875.6 9504.1 18+50 240.3 283.4 868.3
7+50 1238.4 8265.7 19+00 675.8 22.6 1521.5
8+00 1775.3 6490.4 19+50 1004.6 2526.1
8+50 1843.4 4647 20+00 1302.4 3828.5
9+00 1634.2 3012.8 20+50 1754.6 5583.1
9+50 1145.8 1867 21+00 1924.8 7507.9
10+00 830.1 1036.9 21+50 1504.6 9012.5
10+50 340.2 696.7 22+00 1197.1 10209.6
11+00 104.1 592.6 22+50 387.6 10597.2

3. Explain with sketches, how the subsurface drainage system is provided

a. Control of capillary rise
b. Control seepage flow
4. The maximum quantity of water to be discharged by the two ordinary concrete lining side drains
on a highway section is 3m3/s. design the cross section of trapezoidal drain assuming the bottom
width of section to be 1.0m and side slope 1:5. The allowable velocity of flow in the drain is
1.5m/s.

5. For an urban road with a rectangular side drain the maximum quantity of water expected
is 1.8m3/sec. the side drain is a smooth concrete with a manning roughness coefficient of
0.012 and an assumed base width of 1.0m. the allowable velocity of flow in the drain is
0.6m/sec. design the cross section and longitudinal slope.
6. A rural highway which we want to construct the roadway with asphalt bituminous surface and the
drainage structures with concrete and one cross section as shown in the figure. The properties
around the road are
• The catchment area which contribute for the one side ditch is 3.0 km2 covered with grass and
0.5 km2 covered with cultivated fields in addition to 1km stretch of the asphalt surface and
there is 30mm/hr rainfall intensity around the area
• The hydraulic channel will have 0.5% longitudinal flat slope and the carriageway will have
2% crown slope.
 Determine
a. The peak discharge around the ditch
b. The best hydraulic section to accommodate the peak discharge
7. The surface water from road side is drained to the longitudinal side drain
from across one half a bituminous pavement surface of total width 7.0 m,
shoulder and adjoining land of width 8.0 m one side of the drain. On the
other side of the longitudinal drain, water flows across from reserved land
with grass and 2% cross slope towards the side drain, the width of this strip
of land being 25 m. The run off coefficients of the pavement, shoulder and
reserve land with grass surface are 0.8, 0.25, and 0.35 respectively. The
length of the stretch of land parallel to the road from where water is
expected to flow to the side drain is about 400 m. Estimate the quantity of
run-off flowing in the drain assuming 25 years period of frequency. Assume
the project is on A1 region.