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THE MASTERBUILDER DECEMBER 2014

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THE MASTERBUILDER
DECEMBER 2014 VOLUME 16
ISSUE 12
THE GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF ROADS

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Minister of Road Transport and Highways has Indicated that India will be adding 30
KM of New Road per day to road inventory which is a 10 fold increase from current 3
KM per day. Now central government has started clearing many highway projects,
preparation of New National Highways and Improvement of Urban and Rural Road
under Pradhanmanthri Gram Sadak Yogaja is getting developed all over India. Proper
Road design is one of the major challenges that comes up while starting a new road
project or Improvement of Existing Road (Road widening project).

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WHAT IS ROAD DESIGN?

Geometric Design of
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The geometric design of roads is the branch of highway engineering concerned with

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the positioning of the physical elements of the roadway according to standards and

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constraints. The basic objectives in geometric design are to optimize ef ciency and

safety while minimizing cost and

environmental
damage. Geometric roadway design
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The geometric designs are referred to the latest IRC publications and MORT&H
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circulars regarding design standards for National Highways
guidelines. The relevant Indian design standards considered include:
IRC PUBLICATIONS
IRC: 64-1990: Guidelines for Capacity of Roads in Rural Areas (First Edition);
IRC: 65-1976: Recommended Practice for Traf c Rotaries;
IRC: 66-1976: Recommended Practice for Sight Distance on Rural Highways;
IRC: 73-1980: Geometric Design Standards for Rural (Non-Urban) Highways; and
IRC: 86-1983: Geometric Design Standards for Urban Roads in Plains
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1. Importing surveyed data

2. Creating a DTM(Digital terrain model)
3. Designing horizontal and vertical alignments
4. Creating cross sections along the horizontal alignment and vertical pro les.
5. Computing the earthwork and design layer volumes.

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6. Presentation of drawings.
All these activities are done in sequence to present a perfect design. ESurvey CADD is
one of the most popular home grown software to achieve these activities quickly and
accurately. Esurvey CADD provides a complete and comprehensive design solutions
which caters to all the design requirements and also attempts to solve many complex
design problems. With ESurvey CADD most of the Road Design aspects such as
Horizontal Curve, Vertical Curve, Super Elevation, Road Widening, Pro le Correction,
Earthwork Calculation can be achieved accurately and easily. Impressive Cross Section
Drawings can be created from ESurvey CADD which makes this product unique.
Mr Ayanakanti Murali Babu is the Road Design, Domain Expert at ESurveying and has
automated many processes related to Road Designing by using his extraordinary skills
in Microsoft excel that comes from his rich experience of fteen years in Designing

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National Highway, Rail and Road designs. With vast experience in preparing detailed

project reports, feasibility reports and other reports pertaining to various types of
roads, the Expert has also been involved in several execution projects in the capacity
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