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Explain the following
1 (a) 1)
Central Road Fund
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1 (a) 2)
Indian Road Congress.
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1 (b)
The following data were collected for planning the road development programme of a district.
(i) Total area = 9600 km2.
(ii) Agricultural and developed area = 3200 km2
(iii) Existing railway track length = 105 km.
(iv) Existing length of metalled road = 322 km
(v) Existing length of unmetalled road = 450 km.
(vi) Numbers of towns of villages in different population ranges are as below.
Calculate the additional lengths of metalled and unmetalled roads for the road system based on Nagpur Road Plan formulae for this district.
(i) Total area = 9600 km2.
(ii) Agricultural and developed area = 3200 km2
(iii) Existing railway track length = 105 km.
(iv) Existing length of metalled road = 322 km
(v) Existing length of unmetalled road = 450 km.
(vi) Numbers of towns of villages in different population ranges are as below.
| Population | > 5000 | 2001-5000 | 1001-2000 | 501-1000 | <500 |
| Number of Village and towns | 8 | 40 | 130 | 280 | 590 |
Calculate the additional lengths of metalled and unmetalled roads for the road system based on Nagpur Road Plan formulae for this district.
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2 (a)
Explain with sketches the various factors controlling the alignment of roads.
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Write a short note on
2 (b) 1)
Carriage way.
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2 (b) 2)
Width of roadway.
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2 (c)
Draw a typical cross section of the following roads (i) M.D.R in embankment (ii)
National Highway in embankment in rural area.
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3 (a)
The speed of Overtaking and overtaken vehicles are 70 and 40 kmph respectively
on a two way traffic road. If the acceleration of overtaking vehicle is 0.99 m/sec2 .
Calculate safe overtaking sight distance. Adopt t = 2.0 sec.
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3 (b)
Discuss various factors affecting on subgrade soil strength.
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3 (c)
Compare tar and bitumen. Explain softening point test on bitumen.
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3 (d)
Explain Joint Filler and Sealer with sketches.
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4 (a)
What are the methods of subsurface drainage? Explain subsurface drainage system with transverse drain with neat sketch.
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4 (b)
Discuss various types of curves in alignment of hill roads.
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4 (c)
What are design factors for highway lighting? Discuss any two.
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4 (d)
Explain protective works for hill roads.
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5 (a)
What are different vehicular characteristics which affect in road design? Briefly Explain.
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5 (b)
Draw neat Sketches of various types of interchanges.
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5 (c)
Define: Traffic volume, Traffic density, Time-mean speed, Space-mean speed,
Journey speed, Running Speed, Spot speed.
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5 (d)
What are the purposes of parking studies? Explain method of on street parking.
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