MOTORWAY PLANS AND DESIGN IN HUNGARY

This article gives a brief account of Hungary's programme for motorway construction, which is planned to total over 500km by 1985. The M7 motorway from Budapest to the Yugoslav frontier is first discussed, which forms part of the European road E96. The design initially gives 2 x 2 traffic lanes, but will eventually provide 2 x 3 lanes with provision for further widening. Brief details are given of the pavement design (concrete overlying a bituminous gravel and stabilized soil), of bridge design and of surface water drainage. The first phase of construction has required the haulage of 4 million cu. M of earth and 200000 cu. M of replaced material. Similar information is then given for the M1 motorway which has a common origin with the M7 and runs to meet the Austrian section of the European road E5 at Hegylshalom. The pavement structure is planned to include a roughened asphaltic concrete wearing course, a rolled asphalt base course, a bituminous gravel base and a cement stabilized sub base. The article includes a map showing the long-term plan for a high-speed highway network in Hungary. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Building and Contract Journals Limited

  Surrey House, 1 Throwley Way
  Sutton, Surrey SM1 4QQ,   England 
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 13-14
• Serial:
  • Highways and Road Construction
  • Volume: 42
  • Issue Number: 1780

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt concrete; Bridge design; Bridges; Drainage; Earthwork; Freeways; Highway design; International roads; Networks; Pavement base course; Pavement design; Road construction; Roads; Rolled asphalt; Structural design; Surface drainage; Traffic lanes; Wearing course (Pavements)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Hungary
• Old TRIS Terms: Lay-out
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 2937: Drainage; 3653: Earthworks; 8043: Hungary; 2759: International road; 2885: Layout; 2752: Motorway; 3055: Pavement design; 3665: Road construction; 1053: Road network
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097343
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1975 12:00AM