GENERAL NOTES

( ROADS )

1. STATIONING
(a) THE ROAD STATIONS AND ELEMENTS ARE RELATIVE TO THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD (e) EXISTING DRAINAGE STRUCTURES SHALL BE CHECKED FOR ANY DEFECT BEFORE PLACING EXTENSIONS
(b) STATIONING OF THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT ROAD IS RECKONED FROM THE EDGE OF EXISTING IN CASE THERE ARE DEFECT. THE STRUCTURES SHALL BE REPAIRED BEFORE PLACING EXTENSIONS.

CONCRETE PAVEMENT ALONG NATIONAL HIGHWAY. (f) EXISTING DRAINAGE STRUCTURES OR PART THEREOF REMOVED BY THE CONTRACTOR THAT ARE STILL SERVICEABLE
SHALL BE TURNED OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT AND SHALL BE DEPOSITED AT A PLACE WITHIN THE PROJECT
(c) EQUATIONS OF STATIONS WHEN USED (BACK STATION - AHEAD STATIONS) ARE PROVIDED AT THE BEGINNING
SITE DESIGNATED BY THE ENGINEER WITHOUT ANY EXTRA COMPENSATION EXTREME. PRECAUTION SHALL BE
OR END OF THE CURVES. EXERCISED BY THE CONTRACTOR NOT TO DAMAGED THESE MATERIALS DURING REMOVAL AND HANDLING.

2. ELEVATIONS AND GRADES 6. CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT

(a) IN BREAKING UP AND REMOVING THE EXISTING CONCRETE PAVEMENT AND WHERE PORTIONS OF THE EXISTING PAVEMENT
(a) FINISHED GRADE ELEVATIONS INDICATED ON THE PLANS & PROFILES REFER TO THE GRADE OF THE
WILL BE RETAINED AS SHOWN ON THE PLANS OR AS DIRECTED BY THE ENGINEER, IT SHALL BE REMOVED TO AN EXISTING
FINISH ROAD AS SHOWN ON THE TYPICAL ROADWAY SECTION.
JOINT OR CUT AND CHIPPED TO A TRUE VERTICAL FACE ON A LINE ESTABLISHED BY THE ENGINEER CARE SHALL
(b) ELEVATIONS SHOWN ON GROUND LEVEL OF THE PLAN AND PROFILE DRAWINGS ARE THE ELEVATIONS
BE TAKEN NOT TO IMPAIR THE VALUE OF THE RETAINED PORTIONS.
OF THE EXISTING GROUND ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF THE PROJECT ROAD.
(c) ALL ELEVATIONS AND DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS EXCEPT OTHERWISE INDICATED.
7. CLEARING AND GRUBBING
(d) THE GRADE LINE AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE EXISTING CONCRETE PAVEMENT OR BRIDGE
(a) THE EXTENT OF CLEARING AND GRUBBING SHALL BE 3.00 M. BEYOND THE TOES OF FILL SLOPE OR BEYOND
MAYBE ADJUSTED TO SUIT THE ELEVATIONS OF THE STRUCTURE. ROUNDING SLOPE OF CUT AS INDICATED IN THE TYPICAL ROADWAY SECTION.
(b) ALL MEASUREMENTS SHALL BE BY HORIZONTAL DISTANCES.

3. HORIZONTAL CONTROL (c) IN PLACES WHERE EXISTING CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT EXISTS, CLEARING AND GRUBBING SHALL BE DONE IN
A MANNER THAT THE PAVEMENT AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND UTILITIES WILL NOT BE DAMAGED.
(a) ALL TRAVERSE POINTS WHERE TIED TO THE TOP EDGE OF THE EXISTING
CONCRETE NATIONAL ROAD.
(b) TRUE AZIMUTH WAS USED IN RUNNING THE TRAVERSE POINTS. 8. GROUTED RIPRAP
(c) SIMPLE CURVES WERE USED IN THE TRANSITION OF THE HORIZONTAL CURVATURES. (a) GROUTED RIPRAP SHALL BE PROVIDED AT ALL EMBANKMENT AREA WHICH IS AFFECTED BY SEA TIDE AND AT THE
BRIDGES OPENING.
(d) ALL HORIZONTAL CURVE COMPUTATIONS ARE BASED ON THE 25.00 M. ARC DEFINITION.
(b) EXACT LOCATION OF GROUTED RIPRAP MAYBE ADJUSTED AS DIRECTED BY THE ENGINEER.
(e) SKEWED ANGLE IS DEFINED AS THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE LINE IN QUESTION AND A LINE NORMAL
TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD.
(f) INTERSECTION POINTS (PI) ARE REFERRED TO AT LEAST TWO REFERENCE POINTS WITHIN OR 9. RIGHT - OF - WAY
OUTSIDE THE ROAD RIGHT - OF - WAY. (a) THE PROPOSED ROAD RIGHT - OF - WAY IS 15.00 M.

10. SUPERELEVATION
4. VERTICAL CONTROL
(a) MAXIMUM SUPERELEVATION USED IS 8%
(a) DATUM OF ALL ELEVATIONS IS MEAN SEA LEVEL.
(b) ALL ELEVATIONS WERE RECKONED FROM THE TOP OF THE CENTERLINE OF EXISTING PCCP 11. SPECIFICATIONS
WITH ELEVATION 20.00 M. (a) SPECIFICATIONS FOR THIS PROJECT SHALL BE GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR ROAD AND BRIDGES REVISED 1976
(c) BENCHMARKS WERE PROVIDED AS SHOWN ON THE PLANS AND PROFILE DRAWINGS.

5. DRAINAGE STRUCTURE
(a) MINIMUM SIZE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPE CULVERT USED IS 0.91 M. DIAMETER.
(b) EXACT LOCATIONS AND INVERT ELEVATIONS OF ALL DRAINAGE STRUCTURES MAYBE ADJUSTED TO SUIT
EXISTING FIELD CONDITIONS. ALL PIPES SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM COVER OF 0.60 M.
(c) ALL DITCHES SHALL BE V-TYPE AS SHOWN ON THE DRAWING AND SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM LONGITUDINAL
SLOPE OF 0.20% EXACT LOCATION AND INVERT ELEVATION OF DITCHES MAYBE ADJUSTED TO SUIT EXISTING
FIELD CONDITIONS.
(d) CULVERT DIMENSIONS ARE IN METERS EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE INDICATED.

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MUNICIPAL MAYOR