ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES ADDIS ABABA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING “Developing Correlation between Index Properties and California Bearing Ratio, CBR of soils: A Case Study on Gedo Menabegna Road Upgrading Project; on the Way from Gedo to Fincha” BY: ABYINUR SOLOMON ADVISOR: DR.ING. HENOK FIKRE CO-ADVISOR: ZETSEAT GASHAYE (M.SC) “A project submitted for the school of graduate studies of Addis Ababa University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Engineering in Geotechnical Engineering” DECEMBER, 2021