Ry- Re D4 ircier:4e-1008 HILL ROAD MANUAL Published by THE INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110011 1998 Price Prien@/-Rs. 440/- (plus packing & postage)SE IRC:SP:48-1998 First Published July, 1098 (Rights of Publication and Translation are Reserved) Printed at Sagar Printers & Publishers, New Delhi (1000 copies)10, 11 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 20. IRC:SP:48-1998 MEMBERS OF THE HIGHWAYS SPECIFICATIONS AND AD. Narain* (Convenor) S.C. Sharma (Member-Secretary) GC. Garg Dr. MP. Dhir LN. Malik G.S. Tawarmalani Dr. AK. Gupta HP. Jamdar MB. Jayawant KS. Narayanan P.D. Agarwal Maj. C.R. Ramesh Dr. LR. Kadiyat Ninan Koshi The Director General, Or. S, Raghava Chan, Vinod Kumar Pu. Rao Prot. GV. Rao Prot. C.G. Swaminathan STANDARDS COMMITTEE (As on 31.3, 96) DG (RO), Ministry of Surtace Tr ‘sport (Roads Wing), New Delhi Ghiot Engineer (R) Stds/R, Ministry of Surface Transport (Roads Wing), New Delhi Engineer-in-Chief, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Town Hall, Deihi-1 10006 Director, CSIR (Retd,),A-1/133, Safdarjang Enclave, New Delhi-1 10029 Chit Engineer (Mech), Ministry of Surface Transport (Roads Wing), New Delhi ‘Addl, Director General (S&P), CPWD, Nirman Bhawan, New Dethi-t10011 Professor & Coordinator, Centre of Transport Engg., University of Roorkee, Roorkee Socretary to the Govt of Gujarat, R & B Deptt, Block No.14, Sachivalaya Complex, Gandhinagar-382010 ‘Synthetic Asphalts, 103, Pooja Mahul Road, Chembur, Bombay-400074 (Chief Engineer (CCU), Mio, Environment & Forests (Retd), -23, Central Govt. Qtrs., St. Martin Marg, New Delhi-1 10021 Chie Engineer (N.H.), U.P. PWD, Lucknow-226001 Engineer-in-Chief, Public Health Engg,, Ananda Rao Circle, Bangalore-560009 Chief Consultant, Dr. LR. Kadiyali & Associates, §-487, 'Ind Floor, Greater Kailast-I, New Delhi-110048 DG(AD), MOST (Retd), §6, Nalanda Apartment, Vikaspus, New Delhi-t toate) National Council for Cement & Building Materials, P-21, South Extn, Ring Road, New Delhi-1 10043 Transport Engg. Section, Deptt. of Civil Engg,, Regional Engg. College, Warangal Director & Head (Civil Engg.), Bureau of Indian Standards, ‘Manak Bhawan, 9, Bahadurshah Jafar Marg, New Delhi-110002 Dy. Director & Head, Geotechnical Engg. Division, Central Road Research Institute, Delhi Mathura Road, New Delhi-1 10020 Prot. of Civil Engg, ..T., Hauz Khas, New Delhi-1 10016 ‘Back’, 60, Thirwvankadam Street, R.A. Puram, Madras-600028 ADGIA) boing not in position, the meeting was presided by Shi AD, "Narain, DG(RD), Govt. of India, MOST @