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IRC: 8-1980

TYPE DESIGNS

FOR HIGHWAY KILOMETRE STONES (Second Revision)

THE INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS 1995

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TYPE DESIGNS FOR

HIGHWAY KILOMETRE STONES (Second Revision)

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TYPE DESIGNS FOR HIGHWAY KILOMETRE STONES

INTRODUCTION

1.

The standard on Kilometre Stones was publislied by the Indian Roads Congress originally in 1960. It was reviewed by the Specifications and Standards Committee (personnel given on inside front and back cover) in October, 1979 with respect to the language of inscription and certain modifications were made. 1.1.

The revised standard incorporating these changes was 1.2. approved by the Council of Indian Roads Congress at their meeting held at Gauhati on 28th October, 1979 and is recommended for adoption on all roads in the country. 2.

2.1.

shown

DESIGN OF KILOMETRE STONES

Kilometre stones shall correspond

in Plates 1, 2

and

to the

Type Designs

3.

On National Highways, State Highways and Major Roads, the kilometre stones used shall have two sizes:

2.2.

District

(i)

(ii)

"ordinary kilometre stones" of smaller size vide Plate "fifth kilometre stones" (i.e. kilometre stones five

kilometres) of bigger size vide Plate

1;

installed

and after every

2.

2.3. On Other District Roads and Village Roads, the kilometre stones shall be uniformly of one size as shown in Plate 3.

3.

3.1.

Kilometre stones

MATERIALS

may

be

available locally, such as hard stone,

4.

4.1.

State

SCRIPT

made

of suitable

cement concrete

materials,

etc.

AND SEQUENCE OF INSCRIPTION

Ordinary kilometre stones put up on National Highways, etc. (vide Plate 1) shall be inscribed either in Hindi

Highways

or local language

and indicate the name and distance 1

to

the

next

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important

(i.e.

as the case

may be

other hand,

and

intermediate) town

shall

(see para 4.2).

or the terminal/starting station stones, on the

Fifth kilometre

be inscribed only

Roman and show

in

distance of the terminal/starting station as well as of

mediate town (see para 4.2 and Plate 4.2.

The place names

in the following

shall

the

name

the

inter-

2).

be inscribed

in different scripts

sequence, only one script being used on

any one

kilometre stone:

Km No.

Script for place

Place to be shown

names

Roman

station Terminal/starting next important town

1

Hindi (Devnagri Script)

Next important town

2

Local Language

— do—

3

Hindi (Devnagri Script)

Terminal/starting station

4

Local Language

— do—

5

Roman

station Terminal/starting next important town

6

Hindi (Devnagri Script)

Next important town

0

and

so on, repeated in the 4.3.

same

and

and

order.

The above order and weightage of

a

script

may be

For modified by the Road Authority if considered necessary. Devnagri, as same instance, where local script happens to be the given in instead of the sequence for ordinary kilometre stones

and the para 4.2, the kilometrage to the next important town terminal/starting station could be shown on alternate stones. kilometre stones fixed on Other District Roads and official language (:.e. Village Roads, the inscription may be in the recognised regional the Hindi in Devnagri script) or the script of Inscriplanguage at the discretion of the local Road Authority. to a leads road Roman script is not necessary unless the 4.4.

On

tion in

place of tourist or archaeological interest or there reasons.

are other

good

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4.5.

be inscribed

in

every

case,

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numerals on kilometre stones

the

the international form

or Devnagri numerals shall not be used vide Article

343

shall

Local

numerals.

of Indian

of the

(i)

Constitution of India.

On each kilometre stone, its number^'' shall be inscribed 4.6. on the side of the stone facing the carriageway (see Plates 1, 2 and In case of thin stones made of R.C.C. or some other material, 3). the digits may be inscribed one below the other starting from the Thus 426 will be shown as: top. 4 2 6

5.

SIZE,

SHAPE AND SPACING OF LETTERS/NUMERALS

Letters

5.1.

and numerals on kilometre stones

be of

shall

following size: Height of

letters for

Place

mm mm 100 mm

Name

80

Height of numerals for Kilometrage

130

Height of numerals for Route Numbers

Shapes and dimensions of standard letters/numerals for For long place names, the above sizes are given in Plates 4 and 5. the thickness of letters and the spacing between them may be reduced suitably, however without making any change in their 5.2.

height.

When

5.3.

inscribing

letters

or

having an arc at top or bottom should be

numerals,

extended

or below the line of the other letters/numerals.

dance with the accepted practice

Recommended

5.4.

numerals

is

given in

Table

for

spacing I,

and

rounded

letters

is

meant

for the

characters

slightly

This

is

in

and numerals.

between adjacent letters/ any combination can be in

the

use of maintenance staff and

with zero at the starting station, increasing progressively upto the metre stone at the terminal station.

3

above accor-

for

worked out through a two-step process described This numbering

all

footnote

will start last

kilo-

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below the Table. This space is the distance measured horizontally between the extreme right edge of the preceding letter/numeral and the extreme left edge of the following letter/numeral. No part of any letter/numeral may extend into this space. The other edge clearances should be as given below :

mm mm 50 mm 50 mm

Top Bottom

50

75

Sides

Spacing between

On

5.5.

Roman,

lines

kilometre stones inscribed

in a

language other than

the style of lettering shall be the one in general

spacing between single or

compound

to the thickness of the vertical

of letters

case

in

letters shall

strokes/or the

thickness

having no vertical

of scripts

The

use.

be at least equal of strokes

strokes

(such

as

Oriya, Telugu and Kannada). 6.

COLOUR OF BACKGROUND AND OF THE INSCRIPTION The background colour shall be white with black letters for names of stations and distances. The semi-

6.1.

and numerals

circular portion of kilometre stones shall be painted

canary yellow

Shade 309) on National Highways, brilliant green (I.S. Shade 221) on State Highways, and white on Major District Roads. Route numbers written on the semi-circular portion shall be in black colour on canary yellow and white backgrounds, and in white colour on brilliant green background.

(TS.

7.

PLACEMENT

Normally kilometre stones shall be located on left-hand one proceeds from the station from which the kilometre count starts. On divided roads having a central median, kilometre stones should be provided at the left on both sides of 7.1.

side of the road as

the road

i.e.

7.2.

independently for each direction of travel.

Kilometre stones shall be fixed at right

centre line of the carriageway.

on the edge of the necessary on specially erected

located

shall

On embankments,

to

the

shall

roadway beyond the shoulders, platforms.

be fixed clear of the shoulders

(See Plate

angles these

6).

4

as

In

cut

well as

sections,

the

side

be if

these drains.

IRC Table

Table

1(a)

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Spacing between Standard Letters or Numerals of Different Heights

1.

Letter to Letter

Table

1(b)

Code Number

Numeral to Numeral Code Number

Following Letter

Following Numeral

Pre-

ceding Letter B, D, E, C, G, O, F, H, I. ,Q, S, K, L, M, IX, Z ,

N

P

R

T T

In.,

csdin g

ATT

,

Num-

V

I

eral

A\, J, ,

1

VV

,

U

1,5

2, 3, 6, 8, 9,

1

1

2

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

3

A

2

o

I

c

2 1

p p

2

Q

2

2 2 2 2 2

4

4

2

5

3

2

6 7

3

8

3

9

0

1

2 2

X1

1

1

T 1

1

1

J

1

1

2 2 2 2

2 2

2 2

4

T

i-i

M

1

1

N

1

1

O

1

2

P

1

S

1

T

2

2 2 2 2 2

1

1

2 2 2 2 2

2 2 2 2 2

Q R

1 1

U

V

w X Y Z

Note

:

4, 7

0

2 2 2

4 2 2

4 2 2 2

Spacing between 1(c) Letters and numerals

Table

3

IN

2 2 2 2 2 2 2

mm

Letter or

Height

Code

Numeral in

mm

Number

4

130

SO

100

24

31

19 13 6

24

2 4

4

I

3

2

19 15

4

3

10

3

4

5

To determine the proper spacing between the code number from Tables 1(a) and

letters

16 8

or numerals, obtain

and enter Table 1(c) for or numeral height. Spacing is 1(b)

code number to desired letter measured horizontally from the extreme right edge of the preceding letter/numeral to the extreme left edge of the following letter/numeral. that

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TYPE DESIGN FOR ORDINARY KILOMETRE STONE ON N Hs .S Hs.a M.D.Rs.

TYPE DESIGN FOR THE 5 th KILOMETRE STONE ON N. Hs.,S.Hs. a M. D.Rs. ALL DIMENSIONS

IN

MILLIMETKES

Plate 3

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TYPE DESIGN FOR KILOMETRE STONE ON 0 0. Rs a VILLAGE ROADS ALL DIMENSION

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MILLIMETRES

Plate

NOTE: FOR SPACING BETWEEN LETTERS. SEE TABLE

STANDARD LETTERS 1

4

NOTE: FOR SPACING BETWEEN NUMERALS, SEE TABLE

STANDARD NUMERALS 1.

Plato 6

LOCATION OF KILOMETRE STONES