Radius requirements for reverse horizontal curves on three-dimensional alignments

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 610-620

  Dabbour, Essam ^a   Easa, Said M ^a   El Halim, A O Abd ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREEWAY INTERCHANGE RAMPS; GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GROUND VEHICLES; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

TRANSPORTATION;

ROAD TRANSPORT;

EID: 4344712010     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2004)130:5(610)     Document Type: Article

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