CE 550 ADVANCED HIGHWAY DESIGN

Thomas B. Stout, Ph.D., P.E. B.S.E., Sacramento State College, 1971 M.S., University of Nebraska, 1992 Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2005 Professional engineer in Indiana, Iowa,

Minnesota, and Nebraska Thirty-five years of professional practice

Chalhuanca to Abancay

Chalhuanca - Abancay

Photos from construction

company JJ Cametwebsite,

(www.jjc.com.pe)

North Coast Highway, Jamaica

HighwayAerial photo from Google EarthDragon Bay

Mills Civic Parkway Interchange

Aerial photo courtesy of Stanley Consultants, Inc.

Teaching Philosophy Teaching is a lot like parenting Write it down No stupid questions

Housekeeping Web site --

CE 550 Advanced Highway Design Main page – to be developed Syllabus

http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce550/syllabus.htm Contact information

http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce550/info.htm

OBJECTIVES Getting deeper into the highway design

process Lecture – describing the process and giving the

theory behind the design Homework – doing the process and

documenting your work

HIGHWAY DESIGN PROCESS

Source: Flexibility in

Highway Design, FHWA

PLANNING

Establish project need

Define project criteria and goals

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AKA Preliminary Design

Refine project need Develop a variety of design concepts Compare design concepts and their impacts Mitigation of impacts

Continuous public involvement Web site Newsletters Meetings

FINAL DESIGN Horizontal alignment Vertical alignment Cross-sections Drainage Detailed geometry (intersections) Traffic control and staging Traffic control devices Right-of-way

AND NOW IT’S YOUR TURN Class list Questions