Highway engineering

Highway engineering
	The Blue Ridge Parkway atop the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation
Names	Highway engineer; roadway engineer; street engineer;
Synonyms	Roadway engineering; street engineering;
Occupation type	Profession
Activity sectors	Civil engineering (transportation engineering); construction;
Description
Competencies	Geometric design of roads; pavement design; traffic engineering; culvert design; construction management/construction engineering; asset management; land surveying (construction surveying); geotechnical engineering (earthworks, slope stability analysis, retaining wall);
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;
Related jobs	Bridge engineering; tunnel engineering; bicycle transportation planning and engineering; urban planning;

Highway engineering (also known as roadway engineering and street 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 to ensure safe and effective transportation of people and goods.^[1]^[2]^[3] Highway engineering became prominent towards the latter half of the 20th century after World War II. Standards of highway engineering are continuously being improved. Highway engineers must take into account future traffic flows, design of highway intersections/interchanges, geometric alignment and design, highway pavement materials and design, structural design of pavement thickness, and pavement maintenance.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Rogers, Martin (2002). Highway engineering. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science. ISBN 978-0-632-05993-5.
^ O'Flaherty, C.A., ed. (2002). Highways the location, design, construction and maintenance of road pavements (4th ed.). Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-7506-5090-8.
^ "Highway engineering." McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Credo Reference. Web. 13 February 2013.

[Rogers_2002-1] Rogers, Martin (2002). Highway engineering. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science. ISBN 978-0-632-05993-5.

[O'Flaherty_2002-2] O'Flaherty, C.A., ed. (2002). Highways the location, design, construction and maintenance of road pavements (4th ed.). Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-7506-5090-8.

[McGraw-3] "Highway engineering." McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Credo Reference. Web. 13 February 2013.

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Occupation
The Blue Ridge Parkway atop the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, U.S.
Names	Highway engineer roadway engineer street engineer
Synonyms	Roadway engineering street engineering
Occupation type	Profession
Activity sectors	Civil engineering (transportation engineering) construction
Description
Competencies	Geometric design of roads pavement design traffic engineering culvert design construction management/construction engineering asset management land surveying (construction surveying) geotechnical engineering (earthworks, slope stability analysis, retaining wall)
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
Related jobs	Bridge engineering tunnel engineering bicycle transportation planning and engineering urban planning