IRC:5-2015 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND CODE OF PRACTICE FOR ROAD BRIDGES SECTION - 1 General Features of Design (Eighth Revision) Published by: INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS Kama Koti Marg, Sector-6, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110 022 June, 2015 Price : & 470/- (Plus Packing & Postage)IRC:5-2015 First Published January, 1956 Second Revision October, 1960 Reprinted May, 1962 Reprinted September, 1963 Third Revision September, 1964 Fourth Revision in September, 1966 Matric Units Reprinted October, 1967 Reprinted November, 1969 Fifth Revision December, 1970 Reprinted June, 1973 Reprinted October, 1975 Reprinted July, 1977 (Incorporates Amendment No. 1-February, 1977) Reprinted June, 1980 (Incorporates Amendment No. 2-November, 1977 and (Amendment No. 3-January, 1979) Reprinted April, 1983 Sixth Revision April, 1985 Reprinted 1991 (Incorporates Amendment No. 4-April, 1987) Reprinted September, 1993 Reprinted January, 1996 Seventh Revision December, 1998 Reprinted : September, 2000 Reprinted 1 April, 2002 Reprinted October, 2004 Reprinted 1 January, 2006 Reprinted : January, 2007 Reprinted : February, 2008 Reprinted October, 2009 Reprinted 2 duly, 2011 Eighth Revision June, 2015 (All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication shall be reproduced, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the permission of the Secretary General, Indian Roads Congress)IRC:5-2015 CONTENTS SECTION - 4 GENERAL FEATURES OF DESIGN S.No. Description Page No. 4 Introduction 1 400 Scope 2 101 Definitions 2 102 Classification 7 103 General Provisions 9 104 Planning Considerations "1 105 Geometric Design Considerations 16 106 Hydrology and Hydraulic Design 18 107 General Design Requirement 27 108 Construction & Constructability Considerations 28 109 Auxiliary Components 30 110 Illumination 36 1 Road Signs and Signals 37 112 Aesthetics 39 113 Operation & Maintenance 4 Appendices: Appendix - 1 42 Appendix - 1a 44 Appendix - 2 46