AND Overhead AND: Power
AND Overhead AND: Power
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IRC : 32-1969
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IRC : 32-1969
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. The "Standard for Vertical and Horizontal Clearances
of Overhead Electric Power and Telecommunication Lines as
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Related to Roads was prepared by the Specifications and Stand-
ards Committee and later discussed by the Council in their
meeting held at Trivandrum in September 1966. The suggestions
made by the members of the Council were considered by the
Specifications and Standards Committee at their various meetings
and the revised standard was approved by the Executive
Committee in their meeting held on the 1 3th March. 1969 and
then by the Council in their 7 1st meeting held at Bhubaneswar on
the 26th and 27th May, 1969 for being published as an approved
standard of the Indian Roads Congress.
2. SCOPE
2.1. These standards shall apply to overhead electric power
and telecommunication lines erected within the road land. The
standards shall not apply to overhead power lines meant for tram
cars and trolley buses.
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3. DEFINITIONS
3.1. Vertical clearance is the clear vertical distance between
carriageway crown and the lowest point of any overhead conductor
installation which includes the conductor wire, bearer wire, guard
wire, stay wire, guard cradle, or screen. The lowest point should
be determined after accounting for the maximum possible sag in
the lowest member of the conductor installation.
4. VERTICAL CLEARANCES
4.1. .Minimum vertical- clearances for different categories of
overhead conductor installations shall be as under :
4.2. Guard
cradle or screen should be provided for electric
power exceeding 110 volts while crossing the
lines carrying voltage
highway. The cradle should extend desirably over the full right-
of -way. However, guards may be omitted in the case of extra
high voltage lines strung on self-supporting towers designed with
adequate factor of safety.
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5. HORIZONTAL CLEARANCES
Poles carrying overhead power and telecommunication
5.1.
lines shall, excepting theurban areas, be erected at least 10.0
metres away from the nearest edge of the roadway, provided also
that these are at a minimum distance of 5.0 metres from the near-
est line of avenue trees. In case of roads having, at present, a
narrower roadway than that prescribed in the standards in force,
this horizontal clearance shall be reckoned from what will be the
ultimate edge of the roadway after widening to the said standards.
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TELECOMMUNICATION LINES ON RURAL ROADS, EXCEPT STREET LIGHTING POLES ON RURAL ROAOS
(I) FOR POLES ERECTED FOR STREET LIGHTING AND AND FOR TELECOMMUNICATION, ELECTRIC POWER
(ii) FOR POLES ERECTED IN MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY OR STREET LIGHTING POLES ON URBAN ROADS