1. CE 550 ADVANCED HIGHWAY DESIGN  Thomas B. Stout, Ph.D., P.E. B.S.E., Sacramento State College, 1971 M.S., University of Nebraska, 1992 Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2005 Professional engineer in Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska  Thirty-five years of professional practice

2. Chalhuanca to Abancay

3. Chalhuanca - Abancay Photos from construction company JJ Camet website, (www.jjc.com.pe)

4. North Coast Highway, Jamaica Highway Aerial photo from Google EarthDragon Bay

5. Mills Civic Parkway Interchange Aerial photo courtesy of Stanley Consultants, Inc.

6. Teaching Philosophy  Teaching is a lot like parenting  Write it down  No stupid questions

7. Housekeeping  Web site --CE 550 Advanced Highway DesignCE 550 Advanced Highway Design Main page – to be developed Syllabus http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce550/syllabus.htm http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce550/syllabus.htm Contact information http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce550/info.htm http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce550/info.htm

8. OBJECTIVES  Getting deeper into the highway design process Lecture – describing the process and giving the theory behind the design Homework – doing the process and documenting your work

9. HIGHWAY DESIGN PROCESS Source: Flexibility in Highway Design, FHWA

10. PLANNING Establish project need Define project criteria and goals PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

11. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT  AKA Preliminary Design Refine project need Develop a variety of design concepts Compare design concepts and their impacts Mitigation of impacts  Continuous public involvement Web site Newsletters Meetings

12. FINAL DESIGN  Horizontal alignment  Vertical alignment  Cross-sections  Drainage  Detailed geometry (intersections)  Traffic control and staging  Traffic control devices  Right-of-way

13. AND NOW IT’S YOUR TURN  Class list  Questions