TYPE DESIGN
FOR
200-METRE STONES
THE INDIAN ROADS CONGRESSIRC: 26.1967
TYPE DESIGN
FOR
200-METRE STONES
Published by
THE INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS
Jamnagar House, Shabjahan Road,
New Delhi-110011
1979
Price Rs Rate 24
(Plus Packing & Postage)IRC: 26.1967
First published in November, 1967
Reprinted: August, 1979
(Rights of Publication and of Translation are reserved)
Printed at PRINTAID, New Delhi-110 020
IRC : 26.1967
TYPE DESIGN FOR 200-METRE STONES
1, INTRODUCTION
The type design for *200-Metre’ Stones 2s shown in Fig. 1, was
prepared by the Specifications and Standards Committee (personne!
given below) and was approved by the Executive Committee in their
meeting held on the 24th and 25th February 1967. It was finally
approved for publication by the Council in their meeting held at
Nainital on the 30th September, 1967, for use on all roads in India,
JM. Treban we Convenor
SK: Rajagopalan Member-Secretary
MEMBERS
K.F. Antia B.D. Mathur
ALP. Bagchi Prof. S. R. Mebta
M.K. Chatterjee : R. Nagarajan
D.C. Chaturvedi K.K. Nambiar
B.K. Choksi Brig, R. J. Nerurkar
S.N. Gupta K. Ramaswamy Reddy
Harbinder Singh Dr. 0. S. Sagal
Hukam Singh PLN, Sen Gupta
CL.N, Iyengar S.N. Sinha
PJ. Jagus Dr. N.S. Srinivasan
M. B. Jayawant Dr. Bh. Subbaraju
Dr. S.K. Khanna J. Subrahmanyam
D.R. Kohli ‘Sujan Singh
P.K. Lauria Prof. C. G. Swaminathan
Mababir Prasad R. Thillainayagam
2.8. Marya : ‘The Chief Engineer, PWD
Himachal Pradesh
2, MATERIALS:
200-Metre Stones shall be of locally available hard stone, well-
dressed or of reinforced cement concrete.
Nove: Existing Furlong Stones may be converted to 200-Metre Sion
where economical.IRC : 26.1967
3. LOCATION AND FIXING
200-Metre Stones are to be located on the same side of the road
as the one having the Kilometre Stones. The stones may be fixed
in position with rammed. spails in moorum, lime-surkhi concrete of
Jean cement concrete all round. They should be planted securely
just beyond the edge of the formation with their side bearing the
inscription facing and parallel to the centre line of the road. ‘The
‘manner of locating the stones when the road may be in embankment
or cutting is illustrated in Fig, 2.
4. INSCRIPTION
‘The inscription carried by the stones shall be the, numerals
2,4, 6and 8 marked" in an ascending order in the direction of
increasing kilometrage away from the starting station. The
numerals shall be 80mm high and shall conform to the type as
shown in the Plate. These may be either painted or, preferably,
engraved. The colour of the numerals shall be black ona white
background on all categories of roads.
IRC: 26-1967
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SCHEDULE
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WHEN R.C.C. IS USED
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ALL DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETRESIRC : 26-1967
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26-1967
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PLATE
DIME NSIONS (MILLIMETRES) FOR
@Omm HEIGHT OF NUMERALS
STANDARD NUMERALS
OF
80 mm HEIGHT |