Geometric Design of Transportation Facilities. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisite: CE 350 or equivalent. Design principles and criteria related to highways and railroads resulting from requirements of safety, vehicle performance, driver behavior, topography, traffic, design, speed, and levels of service. Elements of the horizontal and vertical alignments and facility cross-section, and their coordination in the design. Computer-aided design procedures including COGO, CADAM, Digital Terrain Modeling. Same as CE 552 .