ed uw Ministry of Public Works Roads Administration PART 1 Kuwait Highway Design Manual Edition 1 March 2004Kuwait Highway Design Manuel Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS. HIGHWAY CLASSIFICATION co 4.1 Kuwait Road Hierarchy : 14 4.2. Determining the Road Class “ 14 4.3 Local Roads... Serr 15 4.4 Secondary Roads. - eres seed 6 1.5 Primary Roads soon 16 1.6 Special Roads. : . seen TRAFFIC, 2.1. Introduction son sree Al 22 Definitions. oe - “ 24 2.3 Level of Service (LoS) oe 24 2.4 Design Vehicles 27 25 Pedestrians 28 DESIGN SPE! 3.4 General eee sonnel 3.2. Selection of Design Speed so 34 3.3 Effect of Terrain. : 32 3.4 Relationship with Posted Speed... : 32 3.5 Existing Roads sn 33 3.6 Locations where Design Speed Changes. 33 3.7 Interchanges sn 33 3.8 Reduction below Standards — a SIGHT DISTANCE... 4.1 General Senne so a 4.2. Eye-height and Object Height os at 4.3. Stopping Sight Distance (SSD) AA 4.4 Safe Passing Sight Distance (SPSD) sos 42 4.5 Decision Sight Distance (DSD) sn send 4.8 Maintaining Sight Distances, ssn 45 4,7 _ Provision of Safe Passing Sight Distance. : 46 HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT. 5.1 General as 54 5.2 Maximum Superelevation. 5.2 52 5.3. Minimum Curvature,‘Kuweit Highway Design Manual Table of Contents 5.4 Calculation of Superelevation. 54 5.5. Transition Curves ssn 5 8.6 Widening on Curves... 57 5.7 Lateral Clearances ene 5D 5.8 Visual Appearance of Horizontal Geometry 514 5.9. Horizontal Curves on Local Streets. . 514 6 VERTICAL ALIGNMENT. 61 General 64 62 Vertical Curves. ssn 2 63° Maximum Gradient 65 6.4 Minimurn Gradient... sn - ssn nn 6B 65 Visibility, 67 66 Choice of Longitudinal Profile... - reer so 67 67 Visual Appearance of Vertical Geometry 67 6.8 Combining Horizontal and Vertical Alignment 68 69 Vertical Clearances 6-10 6.10 Local Roads. 6-10 7 CROSS-SECTIONAL ELEMENTS snneumnsnuentnnenmnneinnenennnene ones TAA 74 General. svn TA 7.2. Limits of Right of Way. mA 7.3. Side Slopes. 72 74 Verges a) 7.5 Service Reservations. 73 7.6 Shoulders and Kerb Clearances .. 14 7.7 Clearances to Structures. 75 7.8 Clearances to Safety Barriers... 76 7.9 Lane Widths, so so sn snnnnnonnninn OT 7.40 Median Widths. 1 7.41 Cross Slopes. “ . sn on TB 7.42 Gutters and Drainage Ditches 7-10 7.13 Other Elements within the Cross-Section. sn 7-40 8 HIGHWAY FACILITIES. 84 General... at 82 Pedestrian Facilties sn snnnnnnnssnnnnsssnnnnsnnes BA 83 Public Transport Facies 85 84 Parking Facities.. sonnntnnnnnn “ os a7 85 Kerbs 8910 a 12 86 87 88 89 8.10 att LOCAL ROADS ‘Kuweit Highway Design Manuel Table of Contents Fences, . so “ 810 Safety Barriers... sone att Energy Absorbing Barriers, snnnnsnnnnnnn nee BAT Traffic Calming so 818 Landscaping ....nncsnn 8-22 Utilities se 8-23 ot 9.1 Introduction sn so a4 9.2. Basic Design Parameters... 92 9.3 Intersections oe 96 94 Pedestrian Facilities. 96 8.5 Traffic Calming oe 26 9.6 Tuming Areas, 9.7 Driveways... 9.8 Summary of Design Parameters ....nnsnmnnns 98 ‘SECONDARY ROADS.. eee 40.1 Introduction... sos 40-1 10.2 Basic Design Parameters. . 10-1 40.3 Intersections sssnnnninnnsnsnnnnnannne TOMA 10.4 Pedestrian Facilities ....ncsnmnnnn 40-4 10.5 Traffic Calming . “ sos = 10-4 10.6 Summary of Design Parameters ss snnnnnnnnnnn TOMA PRIMARY ROADS... AAA Introduction... snssnnnennnnnannnnn 11-1 11.2. Basic Design Parameters, : srsntnnmnnennne Ah 11.3 Intersections... - 113 11.4 — Service Roads. A183 11.5 Pedestrian Faciities Ata 11.6 Summary of Design Parameters nnn 11-4 ‘SPECIAL ROADS. aoe 124 12.4 Introduction... - 124 12.2 Basic Design Parameters. so 124 423 Intersections. 12-3 124 — Service Roads. : : 123 12.5 Pedestrian Facilities, 123 426 Summary of Design Parameters 12-3Kuwait Highway Design Manual Table of Contents 13 14 45 INTERSECTIONS — GENERAL. 13.1. Introduction 13.2 _ Intersection Spacing 13.3. Selection of Intersection Type 13.4 Choosing between Roundabouts and Signalised Intersections 13.5 Design Vehicles 13.6 _ Siting of Intersections 13.7 Intersection Types (1) - Major / Minor Intersections. 13.8. Intersection Types (2) - Roundabouts 13{9 Intersection Types (3) - U-turns. 13.10 Intersection Types (4) - Signalised Intersections. 13.11 Intersection Types (6) - Interchanges AT GRADE INTERSECTIONS... 14.1 Introduction 142 Safety 14.3. Types of Major / Minor Intersection 14.4 Capacity : 14.5. Pedestrian Considerations... 14.6 Alignment 147 Visibility 14,8 Comer Radi. 14,9 Lane Widths. 14.10 Islands. 14.11 Tapers. 14.12 Righttuming Roadways 14.13 Deceleration and Queuing 44.14 Turning Length: 14.15 Staggered T-intersection Spacing..... 14.46 Drainage... 14.17 Summary of Design Process: ROUNDABOUTS. resesne 45.1 Introduction 152° General Principles 16.3. General Features of a Roundabout. 18.4 Capacity of Roundabout 15.5 Minimum Size of Island. 15.6 _ Inscribed Circle Diameter wo Bt 138-4 118-2 134 136 136 136 13-8 130 13-40 13-40‘Kuwait Highway Design Menual Table of Contents 15.7 Circulating Pavement fe o se ote SAT 18.8 Entry Width. eA HB, 15.9 Entry Path Deflection, 15-9 18.10 Entry Angle. sons ee ABA 15.11 Entry RagiUS nnn ene 1BA2. 15.12. Gradients. son AZ, 15.13 EXIS. osc : oe ABAD, 15.14 Visibility, sonnet inennnnsene 18-12 15.15 Crossfall and Drainage. A517 15.16 Right-turning Roadways. eee ee 15-18 15.17 Safety at Roundabouts... 15-20 16 U-Turns. ot 16-1 16.1 General 16-1 16.2 Entry Taper... ce severe 1B 16.3. Deceleration Length onerennie 8 464 — Queue Length and Protected Length. 16-4 16.8 Channelising Nose Width ee) 16.6 Reduced Median Width. 16-4 16.7 U-turn Lane Width, — 16-4 16.8 Median Width snsnnnnnnes nnn 14 16.9 Mouth Treatment so 16-4 16.10 Summary Er 16-5 16.11 U-turn Diameter. 16-6 16.12 Median Widening svn eens 16-6 16.13 Local Bulbing = 16-6 47 SIGNALISED INTERSECTION: 47-1 417.1 General . 17-4 17.2. Applicability of Major / Minor Intersection Principles. 17-4 17.3 Specific Requirements at Signalised Intersections. 17-4 17.4 Width of Medians.......ccnnnnnnnnnns se z 17-4 17.8 Size of islands 173 17.6 Vehicular Swept Paths 17-3 17.7 Location of Pedestrian Crossing Facilities oT, 17.8 Width of Pedestrian Crossing Facilities, or 17-4 17.9 Designing for Queue Lengths in Left-turning Lanes 17-4 17.10 Signalised Roundabouts sonnei TAA 17.11. Usturns at Signalised Intersections eer 17-5Kuwait highway Design Menval ‘able of Contes 48 GRADE SEPARATIONS AND INTERCHANGES. 18-4 18.1 Introduction... 18-4 18.2. Types of Interchange 18-4 48.3 Selection of Interchange Type. 18-45 18.4 Lane Provision, 18-47 18.5 Design Speed 18-19 186 __Diverge Design 18-49 18.7 Merge Design 18-27 18.8 Connecting Roadways... 18-36 18.9 Spacing of Merges and Diverges 18-37 18.10 Weaving.... 18-38 48.11 Link Roads. 18-38 18.12 Other Design Considerations. 18-39