ABSTRACT

Highways' is a comprehensive textbook on all aspects of road engineering. This new edition, written by a team of acknowledged experts in the field, teams up with 'Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering' to become a worthy successor to O'Flaherty's classic 'Highway Engineering' set. This fourth edition covers road location and plans, roadwork ma

chapter 1|28 pages

Road location

chapter 2|19 pages

Subsurface investigations

chapter 3|13 pages

Plans, specifications and contracts

chapter 4|52 pages

Soils for roadworks

chapter 5|45 pages

Materials used in road pavements

chapter 6|22 pages

Soil-stabilized pavements

chapter 7|25 pages

Surface drainage for roads

chapter 9|42 pages

Introduction to pavement design

chapter 10|36 pages

Earthworks and unbound bases for pavements

chapter 13|15 pages

Concrete pavement construction

chapter 15|29 pages

Analytical design of flexible pavements

chapter 17|27 pages

Basic road maintenance operations

chapter 18|21 pages

Wet skid resistance

chapter 19|16 pages

Design and use of surface treatments

chapter 20|31 pages

Structural maintenance of road pavements