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Dec 1959

Modern Curvilinear Highway Location and Design

Publication: Journal of the Highway Division
Volume 85, Issue 4

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Good highway locations are tailored to fit expected traffic and terrain; locator should have freedom of maneuver, using long sweeping curves and tangents in combination rather than excessively long tangents; roadways of divided highway need not be parallel to each other in either alignment or grade; projection of modern locations on accurate topography.

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Journal of the Highway Division
Volume 85Issue 4December 1959
Pages: 77 - 87

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Published in print: Dec 1959
Published online: Feb 6, 2021

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F. W. Cron, M.ASCE
Regional Engr., Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads, Arlington, Va.

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