Highway and Traffic Engineering
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Highway and Traffic Engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Highway and Traffic Engineering (subject code 3154008) as prescribed for Civil Infra · Semester 5 divides the course into 4 units, covering 24 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3154008)Unit 1 Introduction
- Scope of transportation engineering
- Historical development of transport in India – 20 year Road Plans
- National Transportation Policy Recommendations, IRC, CRRI
- NHDP, and PMGSY
- Classification of rural and urban roads
- Road patterns
- Planning and alignment surveys
- Characteristics of different modes of transport and their integrations and interactions
Unit 2 Geometric design
- Cross sectional elements – Carriageway
- Right of Way, Camber
- Building and Control line
- Surface and subsurface drainage
- Sight distance Elements - SSD, OSD, ISD, HSD, Design of horizontal alignment - curves
- Extra widening
- Design of Vertical Alignment: Gradients
- summit and valley curves- Design based on comfort criteria and sight distance criteria
Unit 3 Highway materials
- Subgrade soil
- binder materials
- bituminous materials
- bituminous paving mixes: WBM, DBM, BC, SDBC
- Marshall Method of Mix Design cement and cement concrete - their engineering and physical properties
- basic tests
- IRC and MORTH requirements
Unit 4 Bachelor of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
- Subject Code: 3154008 w.e.f
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