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TYPE DESIGNS
FOR
HIGHWAY KILOMETRE STONES
(Second Revision)
IRC
8 1980
TYPE DESIGNS
FOR
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INTRODUCTION
1.
2.1.
shown
in Plates 1, 2
and
to the
Type Designs
3.
2.2.
District
(i)
(ii)
1;
installed
and
after every
2.
2.3.
On Other District Roads and Village Roads, the kilometre stones shall be uniformly of one size as shown in Plate 3.
3.
3.1.
Kilometre stones
MATERIALS
may
be
4.
4.1.
State
SCRIPT
made
of suitable
cement concrete
materials,
etc.
Highways
or local language
to
the
next
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important
(i.e.
as the case
may be
other hand,
and
intermediate) town
shall
Fifth kilometre
be inscribed only
in
in the following
shall
the
name
the
inter-
2).
be inscribed
in different scripts
any one
kilometre stone:
Km No.
Place to be shown
names
Roman
station
Terminal/starting
next important town
Local Language
do
Terminal/starting station
Local Language
do
Roman
station
Terminal/starting
next important town
and
same
and
and
order.
script
may be
For
modified by the Road Authority if considered necessary.
Devnagri,
as
same
instance, where local script happens to be the
given in
instead of the sequence for ordinary kilometre stones
and the
para 4.2, the kilometrage to the next important town
terminal/starting station could be shown on alternate stones.
kilometre stones fixed on Other District Roads and
official language (:.e.
Village Roads, the inscription may be in the
recognised regional
the
Hindi in Devnagri script) or the script of
Inscriplanguage at the discretion of the local Road Authority.
to a
leads
road
Roman script is not necessary unless the
4.4.
On
tion in
are other
good
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In
4.5.
be inscribed
in
every
case,
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the
343
shall
Local
numerals.
of Indian
of the
(i)
Constitution of India.
5.
SIZE,
Letters
5.1.
be of
shall
following size:
Height of
letters for
Place
mm
mm
100 mm
Name
80
130
height.
When
5.3.
inscribing
letters
or
numerals,
extended
Recommended
5.4.
numerals
is
given in
Table
for
spacing
I,
and
rounded
letters
is
meant
for the
characters
slightly
This
is
in
and numerals.
between
adjacent
letters/
any combination can be
in
the
above
accor-
for
all
footnote
will start
last
kilo-
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mm
mm
50 mm
50 mm
Top
Bottom
50
75
Sides
Spacing between
On
5.5.
Roman,
lines
in a
compound
of letters
case
in
letters shall
strokes/or the
thickness
having no vertical
of scripts
The
use.
be at least equal
of strokes
strokes
(such
as
6.1.
and numerals
canary yellow
(TS.
7.
PLACEMENT
the road
i.e.
7.2.
located
shall
On embankments,
to
the
shall
(See Plate
angles
these
6).
as
In
cut
well as
sections,
the
side
be
if
these
drains.
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Table
Table
1(a)
8-1980
1.
Letter to Letter
Table
1(b)
Code Number
Numeral to Numeral
Code Number
Following Letter
Following Numeral
Pre-
ceding
Letter B, D, E, C, G, O,
F, H, I. ,Q, S,
K, L, M, IX, Z
,
T T
In.,
csdin g
ATT
Num-
eral
A\, J,
,
VV
1,5
2, 3, 6,
8, 9,
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
p
p
2
2
2
2
2
6
7
2
2
X1
T
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
i-i
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Q
R
1
1
w
X
Y
Z
Note
4, 7
2
2
2
4
2
2
4
2
2
2
Spacing between
1(c)
Letters and numerals
Table
IN
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
mm
Letter or
Height
Code
Numeral
in
mm
Number
130
SO
100
24
31
19
13
6
24
2
4
19
15
10
letters
16
8
or numerals, obtain
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370
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MAY VARY
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MATERIALS USED.
THICKNESS
CEMENV CONCRETE
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SECTIONAL PLAN
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SIDE
ELEVATION
IN
MILLIMETKES
Plate 3
50
PLACE NAME
LO
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i
ROADWAY LEVEL
350
-
370
350
370
O
THICKNESS MAY VARY
DEPENDING ON THE
MATERIALS USED
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SIDE ELEVATION
IN
MILLIMETRES
Plate
STANDARD LETTERS
1
STANDARD NUMERALS
1.
Plato 6