Public Safety Standards of the Republic of India

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8 IRC SP 049 2014
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132 IRC SP 085 2010
133 IRC SP 020 2002
134 IRC SP 044 1996
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137 IRC SP 102 2014
138 IRC SP 055 2014
139 IRC SP 021 2009
140 IRC 019 2005
141 IRC 088 1984
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 Safety Standards of the Republic of India
e to the public under the provisions of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act of 1986 and the Right to Information Act of 2005. In order to p
ame: Indian Roads Congress
CODE SUBJECT NAME
TITLE
Bridge Loadings Around The World
Guidelines for the Design of Small Bridges and Culverts
Manual for Highway Bridge Maintenance Inspection
Directory of Indigenous Manufacturers of Road/Bridge Construction Machinery and Important Bridge
Components (First Revision)
Guidelines for Evaluation of Load Carrying Capacity of Bridges
Guidelines on Techniques for Strengthening and Rehabilitation of Bridges
Guidelines on Quality Systems for Road Bridges
Guidelines for the Use of Dry Lean Concrete as Sub-base for Rigid Pavement (First Revision)
Bridge Inspector Reference Manual
Project Preparation Manual for Bridges
An Appraoch Document for Assessment of Remaining Life of Concrete Bridges
An Approach Document on Whole Life Costing for Bridges in India
Guidelines for Design and Construction of Segmental Bridges
Guidelines for Design of Continuous Bridges
Guidelines for Use of External and Unbonded Prestressing Tendons in Bridge Structures
Guidelines for the Use of High Performance Concrete in Bridges
Guidelines for Design and Construction of Pretensioned Girder of Bridges
Guidelines for Repair and Rehabilitation of Steel Bridges
Guidelines for Retrofitting of Steel Bridges by Prestressing
Guidelines for Design of Causeways and Submersible bridge
Recommended Practice for Open Graded Premix Carpet (Third Revision)
Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Prime and Tack Coat (Second Revision)
Recommended Practice for Bituminous Penetration Macadam (Full Grout)
Tentative Specification for Built-Up Spray Grout
Recommended Practice for Sand-Bitumen Base Courses
Recommended Practice for Use and Upkeep of Equipment, Tools and Appliances for Bituminous Pavement
Construction
Guidelines for Strengthening of Flexible Road Pavements Using Benkelman Beam Deflection Technique (First
Revision)
Code of Practice for Mainteance of Bituminous Surfaces of Highways
Guidelines of Selection, Operation and Maintenance of Bituminous Hot Mix Plant (First Revision)
Tentative Specification for Bituminous Concrete (Asphaltic Concrete) for Airfield Pavements
Specification for Bitumen Mastic Wearing Courses (First Revision)
Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Design and Construction of Surface Dressing
Specifications for Readymade Bituminous Pothole Patching Mix Using Cut-Back Bitumen
Guidelines for Surface Evenness of Highway Pavements
Guidelines on Bulk Bitumen Transportation and Storage Equipment
Guidelines on Use of Modified Bitumen in Road Construction (Second Revision)
Specifications for Mix Seal Surfacing (MSS) Close-Graded Premix Surfacing (CGPS)
Tentative Specifications for Stone Matrix Asphalt
Guidelines for Selection, Operation and Maintenance of Paver Finishers
Guidelines for the Use of Waste Plastic in Hot Bituminous Mixes (Dry Process) in Wearing Courses
Use of Cold Mix Technology in Construction and Maintenance of Roads Using Bitumen Emulsion
Interim Guidelines for Warm Mix Asphalt
Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Construction of Concrete Roads (Fourth Revision)
Recommended Practice for Tools, Equipment and Appliances for Concrete Pavement Construction
Recommended Design Criteria for the Use of Cement-Modified Soil in Road Construction
Tentative Guidelines for the Use of Lime-Fly Ash Concrete as Pavement Base or Sub-Base
Tentative Guidelines for Lean-Cement Concrete and Lean Cement-Fly Ash Concrete as a Pavement Base or
Subbase
Tentative Guidelines for Structural Strength Evaluation of Rigid Airfield Pavements
Guidelines for Design of Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement with Elastic Joints
Code of Practice for Concrete Road Bridges
Guidelines for Use of Silica-Fume in Rigid Pavement
Guidelines for Designa nd Construction of Fibre Reinforced Concrete for Pavements (First Revision)
Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Cement Concrete Pavement for Low Volume Roads (First
Revision)
Guidelines for the Use of Interlocking Concrete Block Pavement
Standards for Road-Rail Level Crossings (First Revision)
Dimensions and Weights of Road Design Vehicles
Traffic Census on Non-Urban Roads
Recommended Practice for the Design and Layout of Cycle Tracks
Guidelines for Access, Location and Layout of Roadside Fuel Stations and Service Stations (Third Revision)
Standard for Vertical and Horizontal Clearances of Overhead Electric Power and Telecommunication Lines as
Related to Roads
Recommendations for Road Construction in Areas Affected by Water Logging, Flooding and/or Salts
Infestation
Tentative Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements
Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges, Section IV (Brick, Stone and Cement
Concrete Block Masonry) (Second Revision)
Guidelines for Type Designs for Check Barriers (First Revision)
Recommendations for Estimating the Resistance of Soil Below the Maximum Scour Level in the Design of Well
Foundations of Bridges
Road Accident Recording Forms A-1 and A-4 (Second Revision)
Lateral and Vertical Clearances at Underpasses for Vehicular Traffic
Recommended Practice for Treatment of Embankment and Roadside Slopes for Erosion Control (First
Revision)
Guidelines for Control of Access on Highways
Guidelines for Capacity of Roads in Rural Areas (First Revision)
Recommended Practice for Sight Distance on Rural Highways
Recommended Practice for Preparation of Notations
Geometric Design Standards for Rural (Non-Urban) Highways
Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges, Section VII – Foundations and Substructure
(Revised Revision)
Type Designs for Pick-Up Bus Stops on Rural (i.e., Non-Urban) Highways
Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges, Section IX (Bearings), Part I (Metallic
Bearings) (First Revision)
Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges, Section IX (Bearings), Part II (Elastomeric
Bearings)
Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges, Section IX (Bearings), Part III (Pot, Pot-Cum-
PTEE, Pin and Metallic Guide Bearings)
Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges, Section IX – Bearings, Part I : Metallic
Bearings
Recommended Practice for Accelerated Strength Testing and Evaluation of Concrete for Road and Airfield
Constructions
Geometric Design Standards for Urban Roads in Plains
Guidelines for the Design and Erection of Formwork, False work and Temporary Structures (First Revision)
Guidelines for the Design of Interchanges in Urban Areas
Guidelines on Design and Installation of Road Traffic Signals
Traffic Studies for Planning Bypasses Around Towns
Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment of Highway Projects
Guidelines for Traffic Prediction on Rural Highways
Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Geosynthetic Reinforced Embankments on Soft Subsoil
Guidelines for Structural Evaluation and Strengthening of Flexible Road Pavements Using Falling Weight
Deflectometer (FWD) Technique
Manual for Survey, Investigation and Preparation of Road Projects (Second Revision)
Vertical Curves for Highways
Guidelines on the Choice and Planning of Appropriate Technology in Road Construction
Report Containing Recommendations of IRC Regional Workshops on Rural Road Development
Report Containing Recommendations of the IRC Regional Workshops on Highway Safety
Road Transport and Energy (First Revision)
Manual on Economic Evaluation of Highway Projects in India (Second Revision)
Guidelines on Format for IRC Standards
Manual for Road Investment Decision Model
Guidelines for the Design of At-Grade Intersections in Rural and Urban Areas
Guidelines for the Analysis and Design of Cast-in-Place Voided Slab Superstructure
Manual of Standards and Specifications for Two Laning of State Highways on B.O.T. Basis
Manual for Specifications and Standards for Four Laning of Highways Through Public Private Partnership
(First Revision)
Manual of Specification and Standards for Six Laning of Highways Through Public Private Partnership (First
Revision)
Manual for Grade Separators and Elevated Structures
Road Map for Human Resource Development in Highway Sector
Material Testing Facilities for Highway Sector in National Capital Region
Manual of Specification and Standards for Expressways
Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges, Section I (General Features of Design)
(Seventh Revision)
Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges, Section II – Loads and Stresses (Fourth
Revision)
Guidelines on Road Drainage (First Revision)
Guidelines on Urban Drainage (First Revision)
Guidelines on Requirements for Environmental Clearance for Road Projects
Guidelines on Compaction Equipment for Road Works
Guidelines for Use of Fly Ash in Road Embankments
Tentative Guidelines for the Use of Low Grade Aggregates and Soil Aggregates Mixtures in Road Pavement
Construction
Manual for Design Construction and Maintenance of Gravel Roads
Gopi and His Road Roller - Guidelines on Maintenace of Road Rollers
Guidelines on Low-Cost Traffic Management Techniques for Urban Areas
Guidelines for Maintenance, Repairs & Rehabilitation of Cement Concrete Pavements
Model Contract Document for Maintenance of Highways
Guidelines for Selection, Operation and Maintenance of Concrete Batching and Mixing Plants
Handbook of Quality Control for Construction of Roads and Runways
Guidelines for Quality Systems for Road Construction
Guidelines for Design and Construction of River Training and Control Works for Road Bridges (First Revision)

Route Marker Signs for National Highways

Recommended Practice for Numbering Bridges and Culverts
Type Designs for Boundary Stones
 Route Marker Signs for State Routes
Code of Practice for Road Signs (Third Revision)
Tentative Guidelines on the Provision of Speed Breakers for Control of Vehicular Speeds on Minor Roads
Type Designs for Highway Kilometre Stones (Second Revision)
Guidelines for Variable Message Signs
Rural Roads Manual
Highway Safety Code
Manual on Road Safety Audit
Tentative Specifications for the Construction of Stabilized Soil Roads with Soft Aggregate in Areas of Moderate
and High Rainfall
Guidelines for Design and Construction of Reinforced Soil Walls
Guidelines on Traffic Management in Work Zones
Guidelines on Landscaping and Tree Plantation
Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Water Bound Macadam
Recommended Practice for Lime Flyash Stabilised Soil Base/Sub-Base in Pavement Construction
Guidelines for Wet Mix Macadam

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