Imagine roads that never flood, surfaces that shed rain like lotus leaves, and highways that heal themselves from damage. Welcome to the era of hydrophobic roads — a game-changing breakthrough in how we build for the future. As extreme weather ...
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Flyover: Types, Design, and Advantages
A flyover is a high-level road bridge that crosses over another railroad or highway intersection or an existing road. It is also called an “overpass.” In order to prevent traffic congestion below, flyovers are constructed to allow for safe passage ...
6 Types of Road Patterns
When a road is constructed in a rectangular, radial, hexagonal, or any other pattern for proper traffic management, it is called a road pattern. Roadway patterns are essential for developing a city’s settlements. Current urban development does not analyze road ...
Submerged Floating Tunnel: Principle, Features, and Challenges
A submerged floating tunnel (SFT), also called Archimedes bridge or suspended tunnel, is a tunnel that floats in water supported by its buoyancy (specifically, by employing the hydrostatic thrust, or Archimedes’ principle). Tunnels in water are not new in civil ...
What is the Difference between Bridge and Box Culvert?
It may appear that bridge and culvert structures are similar as they both serve the vital need of transportation. However, they are very different in aspects like structural design, construction, components, load-carrying capacity, costs, etc. Culvert is defined as a ...
How to Divert Traffic during Road Construction?
Traffic diversions are provided for a safe and efficient movement of traffic through or around the work zones while protecting the workers and equipment deployed for road construction. In addition, they provide continuity to the movement of motor vehicles, bicycles, ...
How to Lay Geosynthetic Fabric in Highway Construction? [PDF]
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Geosynthetics are extensively used in highway construction as they play the role of a separator, filter, reinforcement, stiffener, drainer, barrier, and the protector of pavements. Geosynthetic materials are planar, polymeric (synthetic or natural) materials used in contact with soil/rock and/or ...
Application of Lasers in Highway Engineering [PDF]
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In this era of technology, the use of lasers has a very vast application in highway engineering. It is used for various purposes like road profiling, pavement surface deflection, bridge deflection, speed checkers, etc. These techniques have eased human efforts ...