In this article we will discuss about how to maintain roads. Maintenance of Highway: A well-constructed highway that is designed for a particular category would need minimum maintenance. The nature and extent of maintenance needed would depend on the degree of deterioration of the pavement, the most common road characteristic used to assess this being the 'roughness'. It is generally [...]
Highway Pavements: Design, Types, Flexible and Rigid Pavement, notes and Functions . Also Learn about:- 1. Design of Highway Pavements 2. Pavement Evaluation 3. Strengthening. Design of Highway Pavements: Pavement design is governed by a number of considerations/factors, as given below: 1. Design Life of the Pavement: 'Design period' or 'design life' of a pavement is the period of time [...]
Highway Lighting or Roadway Lighting [Standard Codes]. Highway lighting consists of providing illumination through lights in the vicinity of a highway/road/street. It plays a major part in ensuring of highway safety during night driving and includes the aspect of roadside amenities for the convenience of the road-users, and preserving the aesthetics of the highway and its vicinity during the nights. [...]