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GCat: Construction and Design
MCat: Design
Cat: Geometric Design

Design of highway and street geometric elements for traffic operations and safety. Operational guides for state and local governments. Geometric design standards and methods.

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Axial Capacity of Piles [pdf] [35041] ?

Suitability of conventional pile capacity formulations to predict with intermediate geomaterials.

Geometric Design for Roads, Streets, Walks and Open Storage Areas [pdf] [34217] ?

Technical manual on general provisions and geometric design criteria.

Geometric Design Strategic Research [pdf] [32603] ?

Long-range geometric design research needs.

Geotechnical Site Characterization [pdf] [35160] ?

Geophysical tools used to image the shallow subsurface of the Earth.

Inclinometer Use for Geotechnical Instrumentation [pdf] [35116] ?

Measuring ground deformation and performance of geotechnical design elements on transportation projects.

Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM) [33954] ?

Software to evaluate geometric design for two-lane rural highways.

Reducing the Visual Impact of Overhead Contact Systems [32522] ?

Nonintrusive and intrusive designs for overhead contact systems for trolleybus and light rail systems.

Review and Evaluation of Interchange Ramp Design for Facilities without Frontage Roads [pdf] [32602] ?

Ramp design practices and the operational features of interchange ramps in non-frontage-road settings.

Safety Assessment of Interchange Spacing on Urban Freeways [30915] ?

Examines interchange spacing by estimating regression models with crash frequencies.

Speed Reduction Treatment Research [pdf] [34408] ?

Research behind the guidelines for high speed intersections.

Speed Reduction Treatments [pdf] [34407] ?

Guidelines for high speed intersections.

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