GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS TAHE Campus, [As Sector-62 Noida-201301 February, 2017 F. No, RWINH: 35075/092006.58R (B) Dated: the 14" To, 1._ All Engneers-in-Chief and Chef Engineers of Public Works Departnent of Sates UTS eating with Nationa Highways othe cnclly sponsored schemes 2. The Director General (Border Roads), Seema Sadak Bhawan, Ring Road, New Delhi Tro ot0. subject, IRC BY Commitee General Design Features Bridges & Grade Sspartet ‘Siructures) Data Collection ~ Scour around bridge piers in bouldery river bed reg indian Roads Congress (IRC) is inthe process of evolving a proper systom of assessment of cour doth in buldery ever beds As yu all may be aware, the Lacey's formula fr elelaion of sascha aptcnble for alli iver and its iret aplication fr vers wih boulny rare samt nat give proper scour depth. AS numerous bridges in india have Been consrucsd 08 tether rer bed, a proper understanding of the phenomena of sour ofthese river ads cult vote ve model fer sud of gnc and local cou pate and lpn oper aes of scour dept, 42. In pursince to this the Indlan Roads Congress (IRC) has consiuted «Special Grp 7 Ftizing commendation for ealeltion of scour n boulder dats, or which some data on st tern tier having boudery beds before monsoon and inmeditely fermonsoon i eae er cnstoned proforma (Annexure). Te minimum numberof ges sae wis Fr Se ‘Colleton and sumimary of action plan is follows: 3 Ne] Sate or of ides | Rema fe daa calletion 7 [RP 0 sean =| Draratfand [10 1 nly mtn de of bey eabe selected [| i fi, Data nay be forwarded as per proforma 7 eK 3 1H Based on he proforma, bridges may be selected for sty ca] oae 2 is. Consttion history if avalible should | Arunachal Paes | 5 beset tk 7 Original ssetion and as on date x vn Section neds to be plated to observe7 rea 5 ual sour pair vic Bridges with longer Tie should be 7 [BRO 10 Beas 1] Manipor 5 vii, cers may reply visit thes bridge ‘Stent understand the effect of cour if my iit Photographic ror should aso be sent for each ridge a er folowing {@)usand Di view {Blaser view tothe piers 4, tis therefore requested to fish the requisite data in the enclosed proerma tothe Ministry sae ee 44. This issues with the approval of Competent Authority ‘Ass: Executive Engineer, S&R (Bridges) For Director General (Road Development) & SS Copy to: py CELP-2V CELPAY CELPAY CE-SY CEIP-6Y CE-1Y CEINERY CENHDP- Wy CE(LWE) 2, AIIROs and ELOs ofthe Ministry 3. NIC-for uploading on Ministy's website under “What's new”DATA COLLECTION FOR BOULDARY BED BRIDGES Annexure ane of Project ‘Name of Bridge ‘Year of eonstructon otal length (spn) Deck level RL of HFL Gnmetet) WE. MSL. Foundation Level “Type of Foundation Soil Sita Sil aetor taken or design ‘QDDischarge Date of observations for Ryda aia RL of actual river bed a HL at Pier looPiers ‘Actual Seour dep below FFL during flood at Pir loepiers ‘Velocity a calculated theoretical ‘etal velocity during ood Bed Slope. ‘Maximum Scour at abutmenis “Theoretical Details abe attached Bie history of construction indicating major bottlenecks Ineat briefly method used for making actual observations Brie sketch indicating locaton of piers Photographs of scour observed GAD of Bridge