This blog’s entry covers the assembly group’s construction and logic for tee intersections that maintain both roadway crowns. My next blog entry will cover four way intersections that maintain the primary road’s crown through the intersection.
When creating the intersection assemblies, it is a challenge to determine what assembly configurations are needed to complete the intersection. The assembly configurations are determined by the type of intersection you are designing. When the intersection is a tee and holds the primary crown the intersection flattens the secondary road when it intersects the primary road. When creating this type of intersection, the primary road intersection assembly must have both roadway lanes. See the left side of Figure 1. When the intersection type maintains both primary and secondary crown, the primary intersection assembly contains only half of the primary road assembly. See the right side of Figure 1.
Figure 1: Intersection Types
The reason for this difference is how the secondary road completes its portion of the intersection. To create an intersection that maintains both crowns, the primary road’s assembly contains a half section assembly and the curb assembly completes the intersection between the primary and secondary roads. See Figure 2.
Figure 2: Secondary Road’s Curb Sweep Follows the Primary Road’s Crown
The primary road’s intersection assembly is either a half right or left daylight assembly. The assembly has only one lane to the right or left. See figure 3. The left half is for intersecting secondary roads from the right and the right half is for secondary roads intersecting from the left.
Figure 3: Primary Road Part (Half) Section – Daylight Left and Right
Assemblies – Primary Road
The assemblies for the primary road are found in Figure 4. When the intersection is a Tee and you hold both crowns, the Primary Road –Right and Left assemblies must contain a roadway’s half section. Both of these assemblies must be assigned to the intersection even though only one will be used.
The Primary Road Part Section – Daylight Right is for intersections where the secondary road intersects on the roadway’s left side. The Primary Road Part Section – Daylight Left is for intersections where the secondary road intersects on the roadway’s right side. Even though both sections are assigned in the wizard only one of the sections is used.
Figure 4: Primary Road Intersection Assemblies
Assemblies – Secondary Road
The secondary road assemblies are in Figure 5. The Secondary Road Half Section –Daylight Left and Right sections are used when there is a secondary road widening.
The last assembly in Figure 5 is the curb return assembly. The curb assembly follows a curb return alignment and creates the secondary’s portion of the intersection. The intersection creation process prefers the right curb assembly.
With a Tee Intersection with no widening, only the secondary road full section is used to create the intersection.
Figure 5: Secondary Road Intersection and the Right Curb Return Assemblies
Intersection Assembly Assignment
When creating the Tee Intersection, you must assign the correct assemblies. Figure 6 has the assembly assignments for a Tee Intersection that holds both crown elevations.
Figure 6: Assembly Assignment for a Tee Intersection Holding Primary Crown
Corridor Properties – Tee Intersection Maintain Both Crowns
The resulting intersection from a Tee Intersection holdingCorridor Properties – Tee Intersection Maintain Both Crowns the primary road’s crown with no widening uses the minimum number of
assemblies. See Figure 7.
Figure 7: Corridor Properties for a Tee Intersection Maintaining Both Crowns
Happy intersection designing!
