Test: Highway Planning, Classification of Road & Road Patterns

Financing of the highway is done after the planning of highway after getting approval from the government, before the assessment, preparation and DPR are prepared.

Bituminous roads are convenient to use compared to the other roads because they can easily drain off the water and are comfortable to use during rainy season.

The Nagpur plan classified the roads based on location and function into 5 categories namely National Highway, State Highway, Major District Road, Other District Road, Village Road.

A State Highway is a highway that connects the district headquarters to other important cities in another state.

Urban roads are classified into Arterial roads, Sub arterial roads, Collector streets and Local streets.

Chandigarh city was planned by assuming rectangular pattern. But by this pattern operation of traffic has been a problem.

The Nagpur plan assumed star and grid pattern in which it assumed to connect all the nearby important cities and villages to the National capital.

The Nagpur plan conference was held in 1943 which was the first 20 year development plan. The main target of the plan was to achieve 16km road density per 100sq.km.

The highway research board was set up in the year 1973 by IRC to give good guidance for road development in India.

The second 20 year development plan conference was held in Bombay,
Their target was to achieve road length of 32km but they achieved 34.8km.