Welcome to CSE30312

Transportation & Highway Engineering

Dr. Zhen LENG/ Prof. Anthony CHAN
Fall 2016

Course Contents

Part 1: Highway Structure/Materials (Dr. Leng)

Topic 1: Introduction
Topic 2: Highway Pavement Structure
Topic 3: Pavement Materials
Topic 4: Pavement Condition Evaluation
Topic 5: Highway Construction

Part 2: Highway Geometric Design (Prof. Chan)

Topic 6: Highway Planning

Topic 7: Design Speed, Sight Distances & Junctions
Topic 8: Horizontal Alignment
Topic 9: Vertical Alignment
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Assessment

Final Exam: 70%

Assignments and Lab Reports: 20%
Test: 10%

Assignments and Test

One assignments for Part I and one

assignment for Part II
Late submission penalty (10 marks per day out of
the full 100 marks for each assignment)

There are two quizzes: the 7th and 13th weeks,

respectively

Laboratories

Lab 1 California Bearing Ratio test

Lab 2(a) Marshall Test-preparation of
samples
Lab 2(b) Marshall Test-mechanical test of
samples

Contact Information

Office: ZS968
Email: zhen.leng@polyu.edu.hk
Phone: 2766 6007
Youre welcome to stopping by my office
anytime. But to make sure I am available, you
are strongly recommended to send me an
email in advance to make an appointment.

Topic 1: Introduction
Transportation & Highway
Engineering
Dr. Zhen LENG
Assistant Professor
Fall 2016

Contents

Transportation Engineering
Transportation Modes
Characteristics of Highway Transport
Hong Kong Road Network Facts
Representative Highway Projects in Hong Kong
Pictures of Highways around the World

What is Transportation Engineering?

A branch of the engineering field that deals

with planning, design, and operation of
various transportation systems and their
components to achieve a safe, efficient,
convenient and economical movement of
persons and goods
Content
Goal
Service targets

Modes of Transportation

Highway
Railway
Water
Airway
Pipeline

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Characteristics of Highway Transport

Physical possibility of providing a door to

door facility
Essential for feeder purposes for rail, water
and air transports
Practicable for the individual to own and
drive his/her own personal conveyance
Most suitable for short and medium distance
traffic
Subject to delays through traffic congestion,
hence travel times may become unreliable

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Classification of Road

Expressway
Trunk Road
Primary Distributor
District Distributor
Local Road
Walkways
Toll and Toll-Free

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Hong Kong Road Network Facts

In December 2015, there were over 728,000

vehicles on 2,101 km of roads
442 km on Hong Kong Island, 466 km in Kowloon,
and 1,193 km in the New Territories

There are 15 major road tunnels, 1,335

flyovers and bridges as well as 1,221
footbridges and subways

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Hong Kong Road Network

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Hong Kong Route Number System

Three north-south routes: Route 1, Route 2, and

Route 3
Route 1: Cross-Harbour Tunnel (opened 1972)
Route 2: Eastern Harbour Tunnel (opened 1989)
Route 3: Western Harbour Crossing (opened 1997)

Five east-west routes: Route 4, Route 5, Route

7, Route 8 and Route 10
Numbered from south to north

One loop route: Route 9

One route in planning:
Route 6

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Chainage Marker System

Linear Routes

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Loop Route, i.e. Route 9

Representative Highway Projects in

Hong Kong

The First Expressway in Hong Kong

The First Road Tunnel in Hong Kong
The First Cross Harbour Tunnel in Hong
Kong
The Longest Tunnel in Hong Kong
The Longest Bridge in Hong Kong

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The 1st Express Way: Tuen Mun Road

Stage I completed in May 1978, and stage II completed

in May 1983

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The 1st Road Tunnel: Lion Rock Tunnel

The first tube of the tunnel was opened to traffic in

1967 and the second tube was completed in 1978.
The length of the tunnel is 1.4km.

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The 1st Cross Harbour Tunnel:

Cross-Harbour Tunnel

The construction works started in 1969 and the tunnel

was inaugurated in 1972.

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The Longest Tunnel: Tates Cairn Tunnel

3,913 m northbound and 3,945 m southbound

Average daily traffic: 55,000 vehicle trips

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The Longest Bridge: Tsing Ma Bridge

The Bridge has a centre span of 1,377 m and crosses

the marine channel between Ma Wan and Tsing Yi.

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Pictures of Highways around

the World

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Pacific Coast Highway 1, California

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Urban Park Highway, Berlin

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Normandie Highway Bridge, France

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Freeways in Bangkok

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Highway E314, Belgium

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Greeces Road

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Lombard Street (), San

Francisco, California

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IC6 Highway, Portugal

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Japanese Highway

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Highways & Motorways in Lithuania

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Highways in Dubai

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Italian Highway

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Beijing Overpass

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Yaan to Xichang Trans Mountain

Expressway

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