The relationship between pavement width and highway safety on two-lane paved highway in Alberta, Canada

Proceedings of Construction Congress VI: Building Together for a Better Tomorrow in an Increasingly Complex World

Volumn 278, Issue , 2000, Pages 671-679

  El Assaly, Ashraf ^a   Hempsey, Les ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Transportation and Utilities   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA , CANADA; EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; HIGHWAY AGENCIES; HIGHWAY SAFETIES; HIGHWAY TRAFFICS; TWO LANES; TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS;

BRIDGE DECKS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; PAVEMENTS; ROADS AND STREETS; VEGETATION;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 58849087101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40475(278)72     Document Type: Conference Paper

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