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    This document provides definitions and terminology for cross-section elements of roads and bridges, including the centre line, carriageway, lanes, shoulders, cut back slopes, embankments, side slopes, open side drains, original ground level, finished road level, pavement layers, cutting, improved subgrade layers, formation level, in-situ subgrade, roadbed, fill, paved roads, surface treated pavements, gravel roads, wearing course, binder course, base, subbase, and subgrade. It aims to establish a common language for road and bridge construction specifications in Uganda.

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    This document provides definitions and terminology for cross-section elements of roads and bridges, including the centre line, carriageway, lanes, shoulders, cut back slopes, embankments, side slopes, open side drains, original ground level, finished road level, pavement layers, cutting, improved subgrade layers, formation level, in-situ subgrade, roadbed, fill, paved roads, surface treated pavements, gravel roads, wearing course, binder course, base, subbase, and subgrade. It aims to establish a common language for road and bridge construction specifications in Uganda.

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    New APPENDIX A PDF

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    Kintu Munabangogo
    This document provides definitions and terminology for cross-section elements of roads and bridges, including the centre line, carriageway, lanes, shoulders, cut back slopes, embankments, side slopes, open side drains, original ground level, finished road level, pavement layers, cutting, improved subgrade layers, formation level, in-situ subgrade, roadbed, fill, paved roads, surface treated pavements, gravel roads, wearing course, binder course, base, subbase, and subgrade. It aims to establish a common language for road and bridge construction specifications in Uganda.

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    GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE WORKS

    APPENDIX A

    APPENDIX A: CROSS-SECTION TERMINOLOGY


    Centre line

    Roadway Cut back slope


    Shoulder

    Shoulder breakpoint Carriageway Lane(s) Lane(s)


    Shoulder

    Embankment side slope

    Open side drain

    Cross section elements

    Original ground level

    Finished road level


    Pavement layers Cutting
    Improved Subgrade layers

    Formation level

    In-situ subgrade Roadbed Fill

    Cross section terms


    Paved roads Asphalt concrete surfacing
    Wearing course Binder course (if required) Surface treatment (wearing course) Surfacing Base Subbase Subgrade Subgrade Base Subbase

    Surface treated pavements

    Gravel roads
    Gravel wearing course Subbase (if required) (Improved subgrade if required) Subgrade

    Surfacing

    Pavement details

    THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA, MINISTRY OF WORKS, HOUSING AND COMMUNICATIONS

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