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minimum length of shoulder recommended by IRC

question of highway engineering

  • Akshay
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34 Answers
  • 2.5


  • 2.5 m


  • min width of shoulder will be 2.5 m


  • Shoulders are provided along the road edge to serve as an strongemergency lane for vehicle compelled to be taken out of the pavement or roadway./strong Shoulders also act as service lanes for vehicles that have broken down.br /br /Which gives cross section details of roads in embankment and cutting. The width of the shoulder should be adequate to accommodate stationary vehicle fairly away from the edge of the adjacent lane. strongIt is /strongstrongdesirable to/strongstrong have a minimum shoulder width of 4.6/strong strongm/strong so that a truck stationed at the side of the shoulder would have a clearance of strong1.85 m/strong from the pavement edge.br /br /strongThe minimum shoulder width recommended by the IRC is 2.5 m./strong


  • minimum length of shoulder recommended by IRC is "2.5"


  • For single lane 0.65 on one side


  • 2.5


  • 2.5


  • 2.5m


  • 2.5m


  • 2.5m


  • 2.5 m


  • 1.5


  • 2.5


  • 2.5m


  • 2.5


  • incorrect question , question will be min. width of shoulder


  • 2.4


  • 1.5


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