HIGHWAY DESIGN MODELS: SCALES AND USES

ONE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF DEPICTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL HIGHWAY DESIGN IN OTHER THAN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL FORM IS THROUGH USE OF MODELS AND MODEL PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT. THIS PAPER SHOWS THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH AIMED AT RESOLVING THE PROBLEM OF SCALE AND REALISM IN HIGHWAY DESIGN MODELS AND ILLUSTRATES THE USE OF MODELSCOPES FOR PHOTOGRAPHING AND VIEWING DESIGN MODELS. EXAMPLES ARE GIVEN OF DESIGNS MODELED TO REPRESENT A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS INCLUDING AN INTERSECTION AT FLAT GRADE, AN INTERCHANGE WITH SIGNIFICANT GRADE CHANGES, AND STRAIGHT HIGHWAY SECTIONS.

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1973/437/437-004.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Committee on Geometric Highway Design. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Smith, Bob L
  • HOLMES, RONALD C
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 23-31
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 437
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design methods; Highway design; Interchanges; Interchanges and intersections; Intersections; Weighing devices
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design models; Scale
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203833
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 22 1973 12:00AM