Review of highway geometric design consistency

Proceedings, Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

Volumn 4 A, Issue , 1998, Pages 325-336

  Gibreel, G M ^a   Easa, S M ^a   Ei Dimeery, I A ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b The British University in Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Consistency; Geometric design; Highway alignments; Safety; Speed

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CONSISTENCY; FREEWAY INTERCHANGE DESIGN; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; HIGHWAY ALIGNMENTS;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

EID: 33645016751     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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