Designing national road networks
Arup has worked on highway design for over 50 years, delivering safe local, national and regional road networks and interchanges that make sense in their surrounding context.
On each project we find new ways to cut travel times, improve road capacity, decarbonise networks and advise on the most sustainable use of materials. We bring innovation and quality design to clients across every corner of the world, both from within Arup and the wider industry.
We also consider the impact the national network has on traffic flow into cities. For example, Doyle Drive in San Francisco was no longer capable of serving its daily commuters from outside of the city. Our design concept was to create a parkway, not a highway, which was much better suited to the change in traffic patterns the road was now having to support as it connected into San Francisco city streets.
We also design some of the world’s most iconic road bridge and tunnel structures and ensure they make sense in the context of the broader road and transport network.
Explore
Learn more about our work and how our services can support your project:
Projects
Learn more about our work on national and local road networks:
Designing Adelaide’s electric vehicle charging roadmap
City of Adelaide Electric Vehicle Charging Roadmap, Australia
How can we enable more children to walk, wheel and cycle to school?
Oldham Safe and Active Schools, UK
Planning an electric vehicle future for Canada Bay
City of Canada Bay Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy and Action Plan, Australia
Developing a bus masterplan that enables growth and cuts carbon in Abu Dhabi
Bus masterplan for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
National road networks
We help national road agencies and contractor clients to develop and optimise networks which span regional and national – and even international – borders.
