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Recommended Practice for Numbering Culverts, Bridges and Tunnels (Second Revision)

IRC 7:2017 provides a standardized system for numbering culverts, bridges, tunnels, and related road structures across India. It ensures uniform identification to facilitate asset management, inspection, and maintenance of these structures on all roads. This recommended practice applies to engineers, highway authorities, and maintenance personnel involved in road infrastructure management.

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Overview

What This Standard Covers

IRC 7:2017 provides a standardized system for numbering culverts, bridges, tunnels, and related road structures across India. It ensures uniform identification to facilitate asset management, inspection, and maintenance of these structures on all roads. This recommended practice applies to engineers, highway authorities, and maintenance personnel involved in road infrastructure management.

Audience

Who Uses This Standard

  • Highway Engineers
  • Bridge and Tunnel Inspectors
  • Road Asset Managers
  • Maintenance Supervisors
  • Infrastructure Planners
  • Civil Engineering Consultants
  • Government Road Authorities

Contents

Key Topics Covered

✓Serial numbering system for road structures
✓Number inscription locations and methods
✓Numbering plates and marker posts specifications
✓Salient information to be displayed on structures
✓Numbering conventions for new and intermediate structures
✓Design and dimensions of numbering markers
✓Colour and size standards for numerals
✓Maintenance and updating of structure numbers
✓Identification of culverts, bridges, tunnels, underpasses
✓Information plates for major bridges
✓Handling structures without parapet walls
✓Numbering format per kilometer of road
✓Asset management through uniform numbering
✓Visibility and placement guidelines for numbering
✓Standardized signage for easy location identification

Structure

Table of Contents

1Scope▼

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2Numbering of Structures▼

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3Numbering System and Serial Order▼

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4Salient Information on Structures▼

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5Inscription of Structure Number▼

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6Information Plate▼

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7Numerals and Details▼

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8Maintenance▼

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Frequently Asked

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?How are culverts, bridges, and tunnels numbered according to IRC 7?▼

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?Where should the structure number be inscribed on different types of structures?▼

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?What are the specifications for numbering plates and marker posts?▼

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?How should new structures added between existing ones be numbered?▼

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?What salient information must be displayed alongside the structure number?▼

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