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TYPE DESIGN
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200-METRE STONES

THE INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS 1996

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TYPE DESIGN FOR 200-METRE STONES

Publithed by THE INE)IAN ROADS CONGRESS

Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road, New I)eIhi-11O 011 1~96

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Price Rs, 24 (Plus packing & fX)Srage)

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Pint published in Novembcr, 1967

Repthtted: August, 1979 Reprinted: January, 1996

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IRC 26-1967

TYPE DESIGN FOR 200-METRE STONES

1 INTRODUCTION

The type design for 200-Metre Stones as shown in Fig. 1, was prepared by the Specifications and Standards Committee (personnel 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 SeptenTher, 1967, for use on all roads in India.
J. M. Trehan S. K. Rajagopalan MEMBERS K. F. Antia A. P. Bagchi M. K. Chatterjee 1). C. Chaturvedi B. K. Choksi S. N. Gupta 1-larbinder Singh Hukam Singli C. L. N. Iyengar P. J. Jagus M. B. Jayawant Dr. S. K. Khanna D. R. Kobli P. K. Lauria Mahabir Prasad J. S. Marya B. D. Mathur Prof. S. R. Mebta R. Nagarajan K. K. Nambiar Brig. R. 3. Nerurkar K. Ramaswamy Reddy Dr. 0. S. Sahgal P. N. Sen Gupta S. N. Sinha Dr. N. S. Srinivasan Dr. Bh. Subbaraju J. Subrahmanyam Sujan Singh Prof. C. G. Swaminathan R. Thillainayagam The Chief Engineer, PWD Himachal Pradesh

convertor Member-Secretary

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MATERIALS

200-Metre Stones shall be of locally available hard stone, welldressed or of reinforced cement concrete.
Nate: Existing Furlong Stones may be converted to 200-Metre Stones where economicaL

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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 spalis in moorum, lime-surkhi concrete of lean 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, 6 and 8 marked in an ascending order in the direction of increasing kilometrage away from the starting station, The numerals shall be 80 mm 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 on a white background on all categories of roads.

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