Consideration of sight distance in placement of concrete barriers on horizontal curves of roads

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2301, 2012, Pages 9-16

  Sarhan, Mohamed ^a   Hassan, Yasser ^b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY PLANNING; ROADS AND STREETS;

% REDUCTIONS; CONCRETE BARRIERS; DESIGN ELEMENTS; HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN; HORIZONTAL CURVES; NEW JERSEY; ROAD BARRIERS; ROAD EDGES; SIGHT DISTANCE; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT;

CONCRETES;

EID: 84910620156     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2301-02     Document Type: Article

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