NAUBISE-MUGLING ROAD PROJECT. FEASIBILITY AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN REPORT FOR PHASE I. VOLUME 1 AND APPENDICES

The report examines alternative designs for updating the road in nepal forming part of an important route from India and southern nepal to the capital kathmandu. The present route is narrow and has two single-lane steel truss bridges along its route. Work described includes traffic surveys, a road inventory, economic data collection, landslide investigation, geotechnical investigations, laboratory tests and site investigations. Two alternatives are proposed: a) improve drainage and construction of a widened pavement but no widening of the overall formation; or b) the recommended option, to improve drainage and reconstruction of an 8.5M wide formation and a 6.5m wide running surface wherever the cost would not be prohibitive. Benefits would be gained from reduced maintenance costs and reduced vehicle running costs. A further reduction in running costs could be obtained by eliminating the need to travel on gravel shoulders when passing. The number of accidents should also be reduced. Bridge replacement with two-lane structures could be justified in about 1994, but vehicle weight limitations should be imposed to encourage the use of three-axle trucks. The terms of reference and detailed results are given in a separate volume of appendices. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Scott, Wilson, Kirkpatrick and Partners

  Scott House, Basing View
  Basingstoke, Hampshire,   England 
• Publication Date: 1985-9

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Bridges; Drainage; Highway design; Inventory; Landslides; Networks; Roads; Rock mechanics; Soil mechanics; Traffic surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks; Site investigation
• Geographic Terms: Nepal
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 2937: Drainage; 2855: Highway design; 9035: Inventory; 4029: Landslide; 8077: Nepal; 5757: Rock mechanics; 5722: Site investigation; 5755: Soil mechanics; 676: Traffic survey
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491669
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM