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Road type 2: Primary roads
The truck traffic intensity is around 500 per day in
one direction. The number of cars is estimated to be
5,000 cars a day in one direction. The width of this
primary road is approximately 12 meters. The total
length of this type of primary road in Tabasco
included in the model 1082 km.

Figure 3.7: Road profile of the primary road

Road type 3: Secondary roads
The truck traffic intensity is around 250 per day in
one direction. The number of cars is estimated to be
2,500 cars a day in one direction. The width of this
secondary road is approximately 9 meters. The total
length of this type of secondary road in Tabasco
included in the model 1171 km.

Figure 3.8: Road profile of the secondary road

Road type 4: Rural roads
The truck traffic intensity is around 125 a day in one
direction. The number of cars is estimated to be
1,250 cars a day in one direction. The width of this
rural road is approximately 7 meters. The total
length of this type of rural road in Tabasco included
in the model is 8683 km.

Figure 3.9: Road profile of the rural road

Road type 5: Access roads
The truck traffic intensity is around 50 a day in one
direction. The number of cars is estimated to be 500
cars a day in one direction. The width of these access
roads is approximately 6 meters. The total length of
this type of access road in Tabasco included in the
model is 604 km. This amount may strongly deviate
from the practice since not all the road traffic data
was available.

Figure 3.10: Road profile of the access road

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