Roadway Vertical Alignments
This online engineering PDH course focuses on the geometric design of vertical alignments for modern roads and highways.
Roadway vertical alignments are a combination of various parabolic curves and connecting tangent grades. Along with the roadway cross section (lanes, shoulders, curbs, medians, roadside slopes, ditches and sidewalks) and horizontal alignment (tangents and curves), the vertical alignment (grades and vertical curves) helps provide a three-dimensional roadway model. Its ultimate goal is to provide a safe, smooth-flowing facility that is crash-free.
In today's environment, designers must do more than apply design standards and criteria to 'solve' a problem. They must understand how various roadway elements contribute to safety and facility operation, including the vertical profile.
This 4 PDH online course is applicable to traffic or transportation engineers interested in learning about the principles to be considered when designing roadway vertical alignments.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
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Learning about sight Distance
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Stopping
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Decision
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Passing
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Intersection
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Learning about vertical Alignment
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Grades
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Climbing lanes
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Passing opportunities
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Emergency escape ramps
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Learning about vertical Curves
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Sag
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Crest
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Learning about coordination of Horizontal & Vertical Curves
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the course document titled "Roadway Vertical Alignments". This course document is based exclusively on Chapter 3 (Section 3.4 Vertical Alignment) of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) publication, "A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets" (also known as the "Green Book").
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