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Flexibility in Highway Design

Figure 6.1 Text Description

Technical Drawing: Cross-Section Elements-Nomenclature, Rural Highways, and Freeways.

The elements of the drawing include:

Right-of-Way
Roadside
Traveled Way A and B
Right and Left Shoulders for both Traveled Ways
Median
Traffic Lanes
Fence
Side Slope (fill)
Curbed Section
Swale (Drainage Channel)
Side Slope (cut)

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Updated: 03/12/2012

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