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Refresher (Horizontal and Vertical Curves-Sight Distances)

1. A 5% grade intersects a -3.4% grade. Design a a. 501.25 m c. 252.36 m

vertical parabolic curve connecting the two tangent b. 458.36 m d. 182.25 m
grades.
Height of the driver’s eye from the road pavement= Given the following data for a head lamp sight
1.37 m distance.
Height of an object over the pavement ahead=0.1 m. Grade of back tangent=-2.6%
Determine the length of curve to satisfy a stopping Grade of forward tangent=+2.4%
distance of 107m Stopping sight distance =190m
a. 420.25 m c. 217.56 m Design Speed=100 kph
b. 560.32 m d. 325.32 m
8. Compute the design Length of sag curve based on
A vertical crest curve on a single carriageway road the requirement of sight distance
with a design speed of 85 km/hr is to be built in order a. 125 m c. 350 m
to join a ascending grade of 4% with a descending b. 230 m d. 520 m
grade of 2.5%. The motorist’s eye height is assumed
to be 1.05m while the object height is assumed to be 9. Compute the design Length of sag curve based on
0.26m. Stopping distance=160 m. the requirement of comfort criterion.
a. 256.38 m c. 126.58 m
2. Calculate the minimum curve length required in b. 267.25 m d. 154.32 m
order to satisfy the requirements of minimum sight
stopping distance.
a. 353.29 m c. 220.32 m CE Board Nov 2015
b. 563.65 d. 325.32 m 10. A highway cure has a radius of 80 m and a length
of 90 m. If the required sight distance is 60 m, how far
3.Recalculate the minimum curve length with the off the center of the road could you allow the bushes
object height assumed. to grow?
to be zero. a. 2.325 m c. 5.625 m
a. 125.36 m c. 548.65 m b. 7.586 m d. 2.255 m
b. 562.25 m d. 792.38 m
11.The clearance to an obstruction is 40m, calculate
4. Calculate the required curve length assuming a the length of sight distance if the degree of curve is 10
motorist’s eye height of 1.05 m and an object height of and the length of curve is 550m long
0.26m, if the gradients are +1% to -1% respectively.
a. 84.50 m c. 76.56 m a. 608.36 m c. 156.32 m
b. 93.25 m d. 12.25 m b. 205.35 m d. 654.12 m

The length of sag parabolic curve is 130m. The back 12. A building is located 5.8m from the centerline of
tangent has a slope of -2% and forward tangent of the inside lane of a curve section of highway with 120
+1.37%. If the desired normal acceleration is to be 0.2 m radius. The road is level. Perception-Reaction time
m/s2. is 2.5 sec. and coefficient of friction is 0.35. Determine
the appropriate speed limit in kph considering the
5. Calculate the radius of curvature of the curve. stopping sight distance.
a. 1593.25 m c. 2678.25 m a. 36.65 kph c. 89.25 kph
b. 2658.65 m d. 3857.57 m b. 56.25 kph d. 70.56 kph

6. Calculate the design speed based on limits of

normal acceleration.
a. 25.36 kph c. 100 kph
b. 18.65 kph d. 80 kph

7. The sag vertical curve has a back tangent grade of

-4% and a forward tangent grade of +3% is to be
design based on the headlamp sight distance of a
curve. If the required sight distance is 400m.
Determine the minimum length of the curve. The
headlamps are 0.70 m above the road and the beams
tilt upwards at an angle of 1.50.