Technical Drawing: Cross-Section Elements-Nomenclature, Rural Highways, and
Freeways.
The elements of the drawing include:
- Right-of-Way
- Roadside
- Traveled Way A and B
- Right and Left Shoulders for both Traveled Ways
- Median
- Traffic Lanes
- Fence
- Side Slope (fill)
- Curbed Section
- Swale (Drainage Channel)
- Side Slope (cut)
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