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Nanded City Roads DPR Overview

The document is the introduction chapter of a design report for roads in Nanded City, India. It provides background information on the existing road network and conditions. The total road length in the city is 415 km, with the core area located between the Godavari River and railway line. Road conditions vary from fair to poor. The objective of the report is to provide a scientific and economical pavement design that can support traffic loads over the design life. The report contains 6 chapters covering road design standards, geometric and pavement design, life cycle cost analysis, drainage, and traffic management.

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Nanded City Roads DPR Overview

The document is the introduction chapter of a design report for roads in Nanded City, India. It provides background information on the existing road network and conditions. The total road length in the city is 415 km, with the core area located between the Godavari River and railway line. Road conditions vary from fair to poor. The objective of the report is to provide a scientific and economical pavement design that can support traffic loads over the design life. The report contains 6 chapters covering road design standards, geometric and pavement design, life cycle cost analysis, drainage, and traffic management.

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Project: DPR for Nanded City Roads under JNNURM Sheet 1 of 2

Chapter1-Introduction August 2006

CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

1.1 Road Network in Nanded City

The total road length in Nanded city is about 415 km, majority of them laid out in North
Nanded.

The sprawl of the city is limited the core city area in North Nanded, between the
Godavari River and the Railway Line, and is naturally growing north-ward across the
railway line due to availability of a road network and presence of the railway station and
proposed airport in the North.

Nanded is connected to all the important destinations of India viz: Mumbai, Delhi,
Amritsar, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Nagpur through well-laid road. The important
State Highways and National Highways passing through Nanded including, SH-44,
MSH-2, MDR-23, MDR-71 and NH-222.

1.2 Existing Road Condition

Cement Concrete and Bituminous surface roads connect important junctions and
religious places in Nanded city. Detailed Pavement condition survey has been carried
out for all roads and have been documented under ”Road Condition Survey & Inventory”
(Report submitted separately). The condition of Cement Concrete road varies from fair
to very poor and that of bituminous surface from good to poor.

1.3 Objective

This Design Report comprises of scientific and economical combination of pavement


layers, with respect to thickness and type of materials with reference to soil
characteristics to support cumulative traffic to be carried during the design life.

1.4 Report Structure

The present report is organized in five Chapters.

In Chapter 1, Road Network, Existing Road condition and Objective are included.

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Project: DPR for Nanded City Roads under JNNURM Sheet 2 of 2
Chapter1-Introduction August 2006

In Chapter 2, Information on Design Codes, Geometric Design Standards, Pavement


Design Procedure & Methodology, Standards for Structure, lighting and landscaping are
highlighted.

In Chapter 3, Geometric & Pavement Design, Design Criteria of structures, Design of


High Embankment Design of lighting and landscaping, are discussed.

In Chapter 4, Life Cycle Cost Analysis is included

In Chapter 5, Drainage Designs are discussed.

In Chapter 6, Traffic Management and Pedestrian Safety are highlighted.

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