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Highway engineering

Highway engineering is a professional engineering discipline branching from the civil engineering subdiscipline of transportation engineering that involves the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of roads, highways, streets, bridges, and tunnels. Highway engineering became prominent towards the latter half of the 20th century after…

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Activity sectors
Civil engineering (transportation engineering) · construction
Competencies
Geometric design of roads · pavement design · traffic engineering · culvert design · construction management/construction engineering
Education required
Bachelor's degree and/or master's degree in civil, transportation, or construction engineering. · Professional engineer (P.E.) licensure · Professional land surveyor licensure (P.L.S.) licensure (optional)
Fields of employment
Consulting firms · state or federal department of transportations (DOTs) · municipal public works departments · general contractors in road construction · academic institutions
Names
Highway engineer · roadway engineer · street engineer
Occupation type
Profession

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Highway and parkway

Design and consideration

External links: highway design standards

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Highway engineering

Nodes66
Edges65
Triples71
Avg. degree1.97
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Highway engineering

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related to history · 11
Highway engineering → Federal-Aid Highway Act, Great Britain, In, Preston, Romans, The, Transport Research Laboratory, TRL, United Kingdom, US, With
Competencies · 8
Highway engineering → asset management, construction management/construction engineering, culvert design, Geometric design of roads, geotechnical engineering (earthworks, slope stability analysis, retaining wall), land surveying (construction surveying), pavement design, traffic engineering
related to Highway safety · 6
Highway engineering → Highway, Management, Road, Technological, The, These
Fields of employment · 5
Highway engineering → academic institutions, Consulting firms, general contractors in road construction, municipal public works departments, state or federal department of transportations (DOTs)
Related jobs · 4
Highway engineering → bicycle transportation planning and engineering, Bridge engineering, tunnel engineering, urban planning
Education required · 3
Highway engineering → Bachelor's degree and/or master's degree in civil, transportation, or construction engineering., Professional engineer (P.E.) licensure, Professional land surveyor licensure (P.L.S.) licensure (optional)
Names · 3
Highway engineering → Highway engineer, roadway engineer, street engineer
Activity sectors · 2
Highway engineering → Civil engineering (transportation engineering), construction
Synonyms · 2
Highway engineering → Roadway engineering, street engineering
Occupation type · 1
Highway engineering → Profession

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Highway engineeringActivity sectorsCivil engineering (transportation engineering)1.00infobox
Highway engineeringActivity sectorsconstruction1.00infobox
Highway engineeringCompetenciesGeometric design of roads1.00infobox
Highway engineeringCompetenciespavement design1.00infobox
Highway engineeringCompetenciestraffic engineering1.00infobox
Highway engineeringCompetenciesculvert design1.00infobox
Highway engineeringCompetenciesconstruction management/construction engineering1.00infobox
Highway engineeringCompetenciesasset management1.00infobox
Highway engineeringCompetenciesland surveying (construction surveying)1.00infobox
Highway engineeringCompetenciesgeotechnical engineering (earthworks, slope stability analysis, retaining wall)1.00infobox
Highway engineeringEducation requiredBachelor's degree and/or master's degree in civil, transportation, or construction engineering.1.00infobox
Highway engineeringEducation requiredProfessional engineer (P.E.) licensure1.00infobox
Highway engineeringEducation requiredProfessional land surveyor licensure (P.L.S.) licensure (optional)1.00infobox
Highway engineeringFields of employmentConsulting firms1.00infobox
Highway engineeringFields of employmentstate or federal department of transportations (DOTs)1.00infobox
Highway engineeringFields of employmentmunicipal public works departments1.00infobox
Highway engineeringFields of employmentgeneral contractors in road construction1.00infobox
Highway engineeringFields of employmentacademic institutions1.00infobox
Highway engineeringNamesHighway engineer1.00infobox
Highway engineeringNamesroadway engineer1.00infobox
Highway engineeringNamesstreet engineer1.00infobox
Highway engineeringOccupation typeProfession1.00infobox
Highway engineeringRelated jobsBridge engineering1.00infobox
Highway engineeringRelated jobstunnel engineering1.00infobox
Highway engineeringRelated jobsbicycle transportation planning and engineering1.00infobox
Highway engineeringRelated jobsurban planning1.00infobox
Highway engineeringSynonymsRoadway engineering1.00infobox
Highway engineeringSynonymsstreet engineering1.00infobox
Highway engineeringis aprofessional engineering discipline branching from the civil engineering subdiscipline of transportation engineering that involves the planning0.90text

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