The arterial road with a 100 km/h design speed will be constructed on the flat terrain. At one section, the equal tangent vertical curve as shown in Table 3 is proposed. Table 3: Parameters of Vertical Alignment Length 490 m PVC station 3+700.000 PVC elevation 460 m Initial grade -3.5% Final grade 6.5% (a) Calculate the stationing and elevation of the low point, PVI and PVT. (b) Calculate the minimum length of curve to meet stopping sight distance requirements

The arterial road with a 100 km/h design speed will be constructed on the flat terrain. At one section, the equal tangent vertical curve as shown in Table 3 is proposed. Table 3: Parameters of Vertical Alignment Length 490 m PVC station 3+700.000 PVC elevation 460 m Initial grade -3.5% Final grade 6.5% (a) Calculate the stationing and elevation of the low point, PVI and PVT. (b) Calculate the minimum length of curve to meet stopping sight distance requirements

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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