Road Classification based on various criterias

1. Transportation Engineering Module 1.1 Highway Planning and Development www.skpatil.com Dr. S.K. Patil HOD Civil, Gharda Institute of Technology, Ratnagiri 2. Highway Planning
2. and Development Road Classification based on diff criteria Criteria - Material - Location & Function - Traffic Volume - Economy - Rigidity - Topography - Traffic Type - Special Roads 3. Highway Planning and Development
Road Classification based on Material - Earthen Road ■ Local soil ■ Cheapest ■ Low traffic ■ Rural/Country Side ■ Must have good drainage facility - Gravel Road ■ Low quality roads ■ Better than Earthen road ■ Compacted mixture of gravel & soil - Murum Road ■ Weathered rocks - Kankar Road ■ Kankar - Impure lime stone ■ Performance similar to gravel road - WBM road ■ Water bound macadam ■ Crushed aggregates @ base ■ Compacted with moisture ■ Layered - Bituminous Roads - Concrete Roads ■ Bituminous roads - Popular worldwide in developing countries - Low cost - High Maintenance - Good driving performance - Flexible nature - Water resistance ■ Concrete roads - Widely used now a days - Low maintenance - High cost - Used at high traffic volumes - Jointed structure - Time & Construction 5. Highway Planning and Development ■ Road Classification based on Location & Function - NH - SH - MDR - ODR - VR - Border roads - International Highways 6. ■ National Highways - Connecting two major cities - Running throughout for length & breadth of country - Minimum 2 lanes - National highway act 1956 - Connects state capitals, ports & international highways - Financed by central Govt ■ State Highways - Connects state capital to important cities & NH - Financed by State Govt (PWD) - Maharashtra has longest SH in country - 62% of state highways found in states MH, MP, Gujrat, Karnataka & Rajashtan District roads - Within district - Connects producer to market - Financed by ZP & PWD - MDR Connects headquarter of neighboring district with main parts of districts - ODR Within district Connects imp places in district Village roads - Connecting Villages - Requested through Gram Panchayat - Narrow - Unsuitable for heavy traffic - Weathering difficulty Jawahar Rojgar Yojana PMGSY - Improvement in rural transport - Motto - All weather roads to all villages - Border Roads - Border Roads Organization 1960 - Strategically Imp roads - Dokhlam Issue - Zojila Kargil roads - Manali- Leh roads International Highways - Under Agreement with ESCAP - (Economic
& Social commission on Asia & Pacific) Organization - Connecting neighboring country - Financed by world bank - Loahore-Amritsar-Delhi- Agra-Kolkata-Golaghat- Imphal-Mandalya