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Civil Engineering Department | DCC3113 : Highway & Traffic Engineering

Concept The purpose road shoulder

The purpose road shoulder design is:
Safety

• It can provide a factor of safety for road user who accidently
• To provide sealed pavement area on the roadside.

• Provide space for vehicles to stop during emergency.

• Improved sight distances

Structured

• Protect the sealed pavement from excess deterioration.

• Support side of the road pavement

Recreation

• Increased roadway width to accommodate agricultural

• Vehicles for cyclist

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Prepared by : SITI ZURAIFA BINTI MD SAH, zuraifa@pmu.edu.my