Road Furniture

HIGHWAY KILOMETRE STONES 

(Script and Sequence of Inscription)

Ordinary kilometre stones put up on N.H. /S.H. shall be inscribed either in Hindi or local language and indicate the name and distance to the next important (i.e. intermediate) town or the terminal/starting station as the case may be

Fifth kilometre stones on the other hand shall be inscribed only in Roman and show the name and distance of the terminal starting as well as of the intermediate town.

The place names shall be inscribed in different scripts in the following sequence only one script being used on anyone-kilometre stone.

For NH/SH/MDR/ And roads leading to Tourist / Archaeological interest / Industrial Area.

Km No.	Script for Place Names	Place to be Shown
0	Roman	Terminal/starting station and next important town.
1	Devnagari Script	Next important town.
2	Devnagari Script	Terminal/ Starting station
3	Devnagari Script	Terminal/Starting station
4	Roman	Terminal/starting station and next important town.

For other District Road and village roads. The inscription may be in the Devnagari script Inscription in Roman script is not necessary unless the road leads to a place of tourist or archeological interest or there are other good reasons.

km stones

In every case the numerals on km stones shall be inscribed in the internal form of Indian numerals. Local or Devnagari numerals shall not be used.

On each kilometre stone its No (zero at the starting station increasing progressively upto the last kilometre stone at the terminal station) shall be inscribed on the side on the stone facing the carriageway. In case of this stones made of R.C.C. or some other material. The digits may be inscribed one below the other starting from the top. Thus 426 will be shown as.

4

2

6

Letters and numerals on kilometre stones shall be of the following size.

Height of letters for place name --> 80 mm.

Height of numerals for kilometrage --> 130 mm.

Height of numerals for Route Nos --> 100 mm.

The other edge clearances shall be as follows:- 

Top --> 50 mm

Bottom --> 75 mm

Sides --> 50 mm

Spacing between lines --> 50 mm.

KM stones on ODR and VR

5th km stone

The background colour of km/5th km stone shall be white with black letters and numerals for names of stations and distances. The semi circular portion shall be.

Canary yellow For NH

Brilliant Green For SH

White For MDR and other roads

Route Nos written on the semi-circular portion shall be in black colour on canary yellow and white backgrounds and in white colour on brilliant green background.

200 METRE STONE

200 metre stones are to be located on the same side of the road as the one having the kilometre stones They should be planted securely just beyond the edge of the formation with their side bearing the inscription facing and parallel to the centre line of the road.

The inscription carried by the stones shall be numerals 2, 4, 6 and 8 marked in ascending order in the direction of increasing kilometrage away from the starting station. The numerals shall be 80 mm high. The colour of the numerals shall be black on a white background for all categories of roads.

Boundary stones

Boundary stones shall be fixed on either side of the road land opposite every 200-metre stone and kilometre stone. In addition, these shall be fixed at all angular points of the boundary Where the boundary is on a curve, or the land is costly and likely to be encroached upon these shall be planted closer as necessary in each case.

The letters R.B. indicating road boundary shall be inscribed on each stone and below it the name of the Authority in which the road land vest i.e. P.W.D./D.B. etc.

Boundary stones shall project 300 mm above ground with lower 600 mm going into the foundation

Placement

Normally Km stones shall be located on left-handed side of the road as one proceeds from which the kilometre stone starts on divided roads having a central median, kilometre stones should be provided at the left on both sides of the road i.e. independently for each direction of travel.

Kilometre stones shall be fixed at right angles to the centre line of the carriageway. On embankments, these shall be located on the edge of the roadway beyond the shoulders, if necessary, on specially erected platforms. In cut sections these shall be fixed clear of the shoulders as well as the side drains.