Holy Angel University

College of Engineering and Architecture

Department of Civil Engineering

Course Title:

HITRANS (Highway Transportation)

Course Description:

This course deals on the development of highways in the Philippines, highway design,
and the materials that are used in road construction and maintenance. The course
includes highway administration; traffic, driver, pedestrian and vehicle characteristics;
geometric design, roadside design, highway and related structures; intersection,
interchanges, terminals; drainage structures; traffic engineering; asphalt and concrete
pavements, survey, plans, estimates, contracts and supervision, earthworks, bases and
sub-bases,highway maintenance and rehabilitation. The Standard Specification for
Public Works and Highways will also be discussed and be given emphasis in the
discussion.

General Objectives:

Discuss the highway development in the Philippines from the early part of 1900 to the
present era.
Explain the importance of community involvement in the planning stage of a proposed
road construction project.
Be familiar with the items involved in highway design using the Standard Specification for
Public Works and Highways.
Identify materials used in road construction and maintenance.
Use the methods of analysis and design relevant to highway engineering.

Prepare documents, plans and details.

Understand the factors that affect the performance of highways and related structures.
Use computer-aided design methods.

Pre-requisite:

ENGSURV (Engineering Surveys)

Course Outline
TOPICS
1. The Highway and its Development: Highway in the Philippines,, Planning difficulties. Highway programming.
Community involvement. Highway economy. Location of the proposed highway. Highway plans and specifications.
2. Designing the Highway: Consistency. Design speed. Cross-section of typical highway. Road shoulder. Cut or fill
slope. Cross slope. Highway median. The grade line. Right of way. Road alignment. Widening of curves. Islands.
Types of interchange. Highway intersection. Freeway entrance and exit.
3. Soil: Soil and its origin. Soil types. Characteristics of soil. Soil classification.
4. Road materials: Aggregates. Aggregates for bituminous pavement. Aggregates for Portland Cement Concrete.
Mineral fillers. Bituminous materials and binders. Bituminous concrete pavement. Asphalt concrete pavement.
Bituminous pavement failure. Macadam asphalt. Surface treatment.
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

5. Road Bed Construction: Treated and Untreated base courses. DPWH standard specifications on: Aggregate subbase course, Clearing and grubbing, Excavation, Freehaul-overhaul, Construction of fills and embankment,
Subgrade preparation, Compaction and stabilization.
6. Concrete Pavement: Concrete pavement characteristics and behavior. Transverse expansion, longitudinal and
construction joints. Reinforcement of joints. Sub-grade and sub-base for concrete pavement. Concrete proportions
and mixtures. Curing of concrete pavement. DPWH specifications on concrete pavement. Preparation of grade.
Handling, measuring and batching of materials. Placing of concrete. Removal of forms.
7. Drainage and Slope Protection: Drainage. Hydrology. Drainage economic considerations. Draining the highway.
Manholes, inlets and catch basins. Channels and culverts. Stabilization the unsupported slope. Improving the
stability of slope. Retaining wall. Highway bridges.
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
8. Design of Pavement: Rigid pavement. Flexible pavement. Thickness of pavement using McLeods method, U.S.
Corps of Engineers, California Resistance Value Method, Expansion pressure method, Stress at the corner of a
slab using Goldbecks formula, Width of widening of a curve section of road, Thickness of base course using triaxial
test method.
9. Highway Maintenance and rehabilitation.
10. Recycling equipments and methods.
FINAL EXAMINATION
LEARNING RESOURCES:
TEXTBOOK:

TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; N. Garber; Brooks/Cole, Australia; 2006

REFERENCES:

BRIDGE ENGINEERING; D. Tonias; McGraw-Hill, New York; 2007

CIVIL ENGINEERING: BRIDGE STRUCTURES REVIEW; A. Williams; Kaplan AEC

Education, Illinois; 2006
ROAD ENGINEERING FOR DEVELOPMENT; J. Jacobs; Spon Press, London; 2007
100 YEARS OF PHILIPPINE AVIATION 1909-2009: A FOCUS ON AIRLINES; A.
Zapanta; AZL Publishing, Taytay, Rizal; 2006
TRANSPORT TERMINALS AND MODAL INTERCHANGES: PLANNING AND
DESIGN; C. Blow; Elsevier, Amsterdam; 2006
UNSUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT: CITY TRANSPORT IN THE NEW CENTURY; D.
Bannister; Routledge, London; 20056
CIVIL ENGINEERING: TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING REVIEW; R. Stokes;
Kaplan AEC Education, Illinois; 2007
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING; R. Roess; Pearson Education, New Jersey; 2006
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PLANNING: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS; J.
Jacobs; CRC Press, Florida; 2006
INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING; J. Banks; McGraw-Hill,
Boston; 2006
TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; N. Garber; Brooks/Cole, Australia; 2007