Prerequisites

Creating the Shoulder

Select Shoulder Design from the Design menu.

Create a display with centerline and pavement edges. Start shoulder design wizard: Design -> Road Design -> Shoulder design...

 Enter alignment and pavement edge information as shown below.

Select "Fixed Cross Slope" method and check box for "Define Method for Outside of Curve" and "Define Method for Inside of Curve". Since the shoulder slope typically follows the roadway slope in a curbed area you may be tempted to choose the "Follow Roadway Cross Slope" method. However, doing this will not allow the option to select the shoulder roll-over option later.

Define shoulder width and cross slope.

Choose "Shoulder Roll-over" option. None of the options available reproduce NHDOT practices exactly. This is the closest one.

For the high side of the curve, enter the value of 0.001 as the "Maximum Shoulder Break". In a normal crown section, the shoulder follows the roadway slope. By setting this value at 0.001 (0.1%) MX will begin modifying the shoulder superelevation as soon as the traveled way starts rotating up.

Enter the distance between the TW and shoulder crown, maximum cross-slope of the inner half (usually 0.04), and cross-slope of the outer half (usually 0.03). Make sure the up/down arrow is pointed in the correct direction.

For the inside of the curve, select the "Follow Roadway Cross Slope" option.

Select the start and end stations. Here you can specify start and end stations of a segment of the project if the design is different in different areas.  You will have an opportunity to define the other sections later.

Select "Next" to work on the other side of the road or to define another segment on the same side. Modify the Edge of Pavement string label. All the previously selected options will default to the previously chosen values.