Highway Engineering Handbook

Highway Engineering Handbook, 3rd Revised edition--------------------------------------------------A Comprehensive Guide to Highway Engineering--Fully Updated with theLatest AASHTO Codes Maintaining and improving the nation's infrastructureis one of the most important challenges facing the United States, withthe primary focus on highways and bridges. The Third Edition of HighwayEngineering Handbook provides broad coverage of the information, standards,and techniques required for effective and cost-conscious contemporaryhighway design, maintenance, replacement, and repair. This trustedresource has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest codes, standards,and policies of the American Association of State Highway and TransportationOfficials (AASHTO), as well as new engineering developments. Filledwith photos, illustrations, schematics, tables, and design equations,this authoritative reference is essential for anyone involved in orstudying highway engineering. This Third Edition features new informationon: The most current load and resistance factor design (LRFD) methodsfor bridges The latest design techniques and improvements in materialsfor pipes Developments in sound barriers and lighting requirementsImprovements in safety systems And much more--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Roger L. Brockenbrough, P.E. is an engineering consultantinvolved in the development of technical information to facilitateimproved designs. He is the editor of Structural Steel Designer's Handbookand the previous edition of this book. He is a member of the AISC SpecificationsCommittee, Chair of the AISI Committee on Specifications for the Designof Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members, member of the TransportationResearch Board Committee on Subsurface Soil-Structure Interaction,member of the ASTM Committee on Corrugated Steel Pipe Specifications,and a Fellow and Life Member of ASCE.