Road & Site Design
What is road and site design software?
Road and site design software helps address complex modeling and design of all transportation-related or site projects. With enriched design capabilities at every stage of the project delivery process, from planning, design, and engineering to construction simulation and analysis, Bentley’s road and site design software has it all.
What is the best road & site design software?
Choose Bentley for the most comprehensive 3D modeling, design, and analysis applications for transportation, land development, water, tunnel and civil projects. Discover why the majority of U.S. departments of transportation, the Federal Highway Authority, national transportation agencies around the world, and civil engineering firms choose our road and site design software.
Create conceptual designs to evaluate more options, identify high-risk items, and minimize costs during the planning and pre-bid stage of your project in hours.
The most comprehensive detailed design application for surveying, drainage, subsurface utilities, and roadway design.
Automate the design of standards driven traffic signage and seamlessly progresses through the workflow to manufacturing.
OpenSite Designer is a comprehensive site design application for rapid modeling and analysis of site design projects.
Purpose built tools, and simplified collaboration, for more efficient project delivery.
"Bentley's applications translate into inevitable efficiency in the design phase, as well as significant savings in time for review and coordination between disciplines."
Daniela Aprea, BIM Manager, Italferr S.p.A.
How to choose Road & Site Design software
qualities to look for in Road & Site Design software
TIME SAVINGS
Improve efficiency with automated features and interactive modeling, in real-world context.
CLASH DETECTION
Improve accuracy by including the surrounding infrastructure in your model and check for clashes.
COLLABORATE
Work from field to finish with multi-discipline teams using one dataset.
Resources and Tutorials
Find out more about Bentley’s Road & Site Design software applications with these resources, educational programs, and tutorials.
SOFTWARE TRAINING
Learn with courses
There are thousands of videos and courses available to learn all about using Bentley’s road and site design software, including OpenRoads and more.
Academic programs
For Students and Educators
If you are an educator or a student, learn more about accessing the software and see what you need to teach or learn Bentley software best practices.
Software Videos
Bentley Software on YouTube
Watch videos on what OpenRoads does and how it works to get familiar with how this software can help you deliver your next project.
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