IRC SP 99 2013

EXPRESSWAYS

DESIGN SPEED KM/H

Terrain Cross Slope of Ground Design Speed

Plain Less than 10% 120

Rolling 10-25% 100

Note: Where an intervening stretch is classified as hilly/mountainous stretch and it may not be expedient from
economic and environmental consideration to adopt even standards applicable to rolling terrain, a lower design speed
of 80 km/h consistent with the topography and driver expectancy may be adopted and in such stretches speed limit
signs shall be posted.

ROW

Section ROW

Rural 90m – 120m

Rural sections passing through semi-urban areas 120m*

Note: * The ROW width includes 2 m wide strip on either side reserved for placement of utilities outside fencing.

# In case an elevated expressway on viaduct is proposed, the width of ROW may be reduced as per site conditions and
availability of land.

No service roads shall be provided within the ROW of the Expressway.

LANE WIDTH OF CARRIAGEWAY

Lane width of Project Expressway shall be 3.75 m.

Expressways shall have a minimum of Two lanes for each direction of travel

MEDIAN Raised/Depressed

Type of Median Minimum Desirable

Depressed 12.0 15.0
Flush 4.5 4.5
Flush (to accommodate str./pier on median) 8.0 8.0
SHOULDERS

The shoulder on the outer side (left side of carriageway) shall be 3 m wide paved plus 2 m wide earthen. The shoulder
composition shall be as below:

I) The composition and specification of the paved shoulder shall be as that of

the main carriageway.

ii) The earthen shoulder shall be provided with 200 mm thick layer of

non-erodible/granular material for protection against erosion.

ROADWAY WIDTH

The width of roadway shall depend upon the width of carriageway, shoulders and the median.

CURVES

Minimum Radii of Horizontal Curves

Design Speed 120 100 80

Absolute Min. Radius 670 440 260
Desirable Min. Radius 1000 700 400

Minimum Length of Transition Curves

Design Speed (m)

120 100
100 85
80 70
Minimum Length of Vertical Curve

DS Min. Grade Change Requiring Minimum Length of Vertical

Vertical Curve Curve
120 0.5 100
100 0.5 85
80 0.6 70

CONNECTING ROADS

Width of connecting road shall be 7.0 m.

Vehicular Underpass/Overpass

Intersections where parallel cross roads are located within 2 km distance crossings may be designed as a staggered
crossing by connecting parallel cross roads and taking them across the Project Expressway through a vehicular

Median Openings

Median openings with detachable barrier shall be provided for traffic management for maintenance works and
vehicles involved in accidents. Such barriers shall be located at ends of interchanges and rest areas. It is desirable to
provide median openings with detachable barriers at about 5 km spacing. Maintenance and emergency crossovers
generally should not be located on super elevated curves and closer than 450 m to the end of a speed change taper of
a ramp or to any structure.

Fencing and Boundary Stones

Fencing shall be provided all along the Project Expressway at 2 m inside the ROW boundary. The ROW shall be
demarcated by installing Road Boundary Stones at the edges.
Clear Zone

A clear-zone width of 9-11 m for design speed of 1 00-1 20 km/hour for the errant vehicles leaving the through
carriageway to recover be provided. Embankment slopes of 1V:4H or flatter are recoverable slopes and if it is not
feasible to provide the suggested clear-zone distance from the edge of the carriageway, a crash barrier should form
part of the clear-zone distance.

Capacity of Expressway

Design Service Volume in PCUs per day for LOS B

4-Lane 6-Lane 8- lane
86,000 for Peak hour flow (6%) 1,30,000 for Peak hour flow 1,73,000 for Peak hour flow
65,000 for Peak hour flow (8%) (6%) (6%)
98,000 for Peak hour flow (8%) 1,30,000 for Peak hour flow
(8%)

Interchanges

Service Interchanges – Generally Trumpet-type and T-type

This refers to an interchange of the Expressway with a road less in importance than Expressway.

It is considered that Expressway shall be a toll road, and the other intersecting road shall be a "non-tolled" road or a
road with open system of tolling with the toll plaza on the other road minimum 2 km away. This requires the
consideration of tolling system which considers a barrier system as well as toll booths on the interchange ramps. This
requires provision of appropriate deceleration and acceleration lanes and operating speed limitations in the
interchange areas.

System Interchanges

Interchange between two Expressways

since both the intersecting routes are toll roads under closed system, toll booths on ramps are not required. The
system needs to cater for high speed operation. The toll collection arrangements need to be considered on integrated
basis between the two involved expressway stretches. The modalities need to be suitably addressed.

Spacing between interchanges

For expressways, a spacing of 20-30 km is desirable.

Acceleration/Deceleration Lanes

Min. Acceleration Lengths for Entry

Expressway Acceleration Length

Design Speed V Speed on Entry Curve km/h
40 50 60 70 80+
80 145 115 65 - -
100 285 255 205 110 40
120 490 460 410 325 245
Min. Deceleration Lengths for Exit

Expressway Acceleration Length

Design Speed V Speed on Exit Curve km/h
40 50 60 70 80+
80 100 90 80 55 -
100 145 135 120 100 85
120 175 170 155 140 120

Curves

Min. Radii H-Curves

DS 120 100 80
Abs. Min. Radius 670 440 260
Des. Min. Radius 1000 700 400

Min. Lengths of T-Curves

DS (m)
120 100
100 85
80 70

Min. Lengths of Vertical Curve

DS Min. Grade Change Min. Length

120 0.5 100
100 0.5 85
80 0.6 70