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Traffic and Highway Engineering

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Chapter15: Geometric Design Of Highway Facilities

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If + 0.8% grade meets - 0.7% grade and
the rate of change of grade for 30 m
distance is 0.05, the length of the
vertical curve will be
800 m O
900 m
O
700 m
600 m
O
O

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