Highway and Railway Design (CIT603)

Highway design: To provide delegates with an understanding of the interrelation between the capacity and geometry of major highways and appreciate how the highway structure may be fitted into the existing terrain. Although the focus is on major highways, the principles may be applied to local roads and developments. Railway design: Study of the principles of railroad location, construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, and operations with emphasis on track structure design and analysis, bridges and bridge loading, drainage considerations, track geometry effects, and operating systems analysis.