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Types of Road Patterns Explained

The document discusses various road patterns: 1) Rectangular or block pattern forms city blocks bounded by intersecting streets. 2) Radial or star patterns feature roads radiating out from a central business area in star, block, circular or grid configurations. 3) Hexagonal pattern arranges roads in a hexagonal grid. 4) Minimum travel pattern, like in Amritsar, aims to minimize travel distances within a city.

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Types of Road Patterns Explained

The document discusses various road patterns: 1) Rectangular or block pattern forms city blocks bounded by intersecting streets. 2) Radial or star patterns feature roads radiating out from a central business area in star, block, circular or grid configurations. 3) Hexagonal pattern arranges roads in a hexagonal grid. 4) Minimum travel pattern, like in Amritsar, aims to minimize travel distances within a city.

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Road Patterns

TCE-469 Transportation
Engineering – I

Dr. Sanjeev Suman


Road Patterns
The various road patterns may be classified as:

•Rectangular or Block pattern

•Radial or star and block pattern

•Radial or star and circular pattern

•Radial or star and grid pattern

•Hexagonal pattern

•Minimum travel pattern


Rectangular or block pattern
Junction

Main road
Central
Business Area
Rectangular or Grid-iron Street system
This system is suitable for a fairly plain country, without any
predominant natural features. Here the streets have equal
widths and they cross each other at right angles. e.g. Jaipur
(India)

The advantages of this system are:


It is convenient to traffic and so a speedy and free traffic can be
maintained.
The houses are constructed in rectangular blocks so convenient,
economical and most suited for building construction.
There is no wastage of land since no irregular portions are left out.
The maximum area is used for construction. It is therefore most
advantageous for private land-owners.
Rectangular or Grid-iron Street system
Radial or star & block pattern

Radial roads

Central
Business Area

Built-up area

Rectangular
pattern
Radial or star & block pattern
Radial or star & Circular pattern

Central
Ring road
Business Area

Radial road
Radial or star & Circular pattern
Advantages:
The radial roads provide direct access to the heart or central part of the
town and are earmarked for fast moving traffic. Hence, these ring roads can
be designed as arterial roads.
The circular roads function as the intermediary between diagonal roads
and local roads.
The circular roads help to distribute the local traffic to the different
thoroughfares. Hence it is most suitable from traffic point of view.
This system is found to be more useful for the economic expansion of the
town
particularly if the town has central features such as important public
buildings, market etc.
The disadvantages of this system are:
The plots are formed trapezoidal in shape. So a lot of space is wasted due
to irregular portions left out.
It is not economical for the construction of houses, since maximum area
is not utilized.
Radial or star & Grid pattern

Grid

Central
Business Area

Radial road
Hexagonal pattern
Hexagonal pattern
Minimum Travel Pattern
Amritsar

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