Geometric Design Manual Section 7 ‘SECTION 7: CROSS SECTION ELEMENTS 7.4 Introduction ‘A road cross section will normally consist of the road way, carriageway, shoulders, ‘ourbs, drainage features, median and earthwork profiles. Road way is the portion of the road, consisting of the shoulders, the carriageways and the median. Carriageway Is the portion of the road used for the movement of the vehicles exclusive of shoulders. Earthwork profiles are the side and back slopes of the road cross section. 7.2 Headroom And Lateral Clearance Headroom is the required height to allow traffic to pass safely under objects restricting the height. It should normally be provided over the full width of the carriageway. headroom headroom traffic lanes lateral clearance Figure 7-1: Headroom and lateral clearance ‘The maximum legal height for a vehicle in Uganda Is 4.0m. In determining the headroom standard, allowance must be made for: ‘©The road surface being raised duting pavement overlay work ‘©The possibility of an overbridge collapsing it hit by a vehicle © The need to allow for occasional oversized vehicles. ‘The recommended headroom under bridge structures should be 5.0 m on class A, B and toads and 4.5m on lower road classes, The headroom should be 6m under high- ower cables and 5 m under low-power cables. The minimum headroom over footways And cycleways should be 2.5m. An addlion to the normal headroom is needed at crests with radi below 700m — soe table 7-1 P Table 7-1:Additions to headroom at crests 4 tirviley basen wat depake Rom Crest radius (rm) co 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500-700 ‘Addition (m) a2 | 0.06 | 004 | 003 | 0.02 134 Ministry of Works and Transport