Geometric and Traffic Aspects of Highway

The “Geometric and Traffic Aspects of Highway” course introduces Indian highway development and classification, covering highway alignment, cross-sectional elements, supporting facilities, and pavement layers. Learners will gain insights into the geometric design of highways, focusing on safety, driver comfort, and operational efficiency. Key topics include sight distance for road safety, horizontal alignment elements such as superelevation and transition curves, and vertical alignment considerations, including gradients and curve types like summit and valley curves. The course will also explore highway drainage, including catchment analysis, discharge calculations, and hydraulic drain design.

Traffic engineering will be covered, starting with principles, characteristics, volume surveys, and studies on parking and accidents, followed by data analysis and road capacity planning. Additionally, learners will examine traffic control devices, including signs, signals, pavement markings, junctions, interchanges, rotaries, and road furniture. By the end of the course, learners will have essential knowledge in highway geometric planning, drainage, traffic engineering, and control devices. Target learners include civil engineering graduate and post-graduate students, as well as professionals in transportation and infrastructure development, with prerequisites in Concrete Technology, Geotechnical Engineering, Building Materials & Construction, and Construction Equipment & Methods.