highway engineer

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meaningsofhighwayandengineer

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highway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhaɪ.weɪ/us
/ˈhaɪ.weɪ/
a public road, especially an important road that joins cities or ...
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engineer
noun[C]
uk
/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪər/us
/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr/
a person whose job is to design or build machines, engines, or electrical equipment, or things such as roads, railways, or bridges, using ...
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(Definition ofhighwayandengineerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If thehighwayengineerinsists, you do not win.
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Usually it is thehighwayengineerwho builds the roads and takes charge of traffic management, with very limited success.
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It would not prove satisfactory in the period of 12 months which is also provided for, if it were not done to the satisfaction of thehighwayengineer.
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A traffic engineer is almost invariably ahighwayengineerwho has this special training and extra speciality which is of the greatest value to us at the moment.
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Unfortunately, the proposed road was rejected by the districthighwayengineer.
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He became an engineering consultant to private business but was again appointed statehighwayengineerin 1928.
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He is a retired districthighwayengineer.
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Thehighwayengineermust determine which situations a particular design process should be applied, usually a combination of several appropriate methods and materials to direct water away from the structure.
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Large-scale road building is not the only way in which highway engineers can improve road safety.
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We must use the contributions of highway engineers.
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This document continues to be a valuable guide for local authorities, highway engineers and members of the public.
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Many ordinary highway engineers, of course, already have experience and knowledge of traffic engineering techniques, and far more are acquiring such knowledge and skill.
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I agree with those who are afraid of the activities of highway engineers.
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Large-scale road building is not the only way that highway engineers can improve road safety.
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Many of our highway engineers know a great deal about traffic engineering.
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The consultants whom the department appointed were eminent firms of highway engineers.
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For example, a road building scheme will involve traffic and highway engineers, planning authorities, the housing manager and the environmental health officer.
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Regional planning of transport involves co-operation between people with different professional skills, including highway engineers.
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Highway engineers have been using metric units for well over a decade and therefore find it more useful to receive statistical information in kilometres rather than miles.
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