Headlight sight distance on separate highway alignments: A new approach

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1007-1018

  Easa, Said M ^a   Hassan, Yasser ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Headlight sight distance; Horizontal alignment; Vertical alignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842742245     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjce-24-6-1007     Document Type: Article

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