Details: axle load survey in both directions shall be carried out at suitable one location, either on each project road stretch or adjacent to other alignment from where traffic diverted to proposed stretch at a random basis normally for trucks only (both empty and loaded trucks or 1 normal days - 24 hours) by using axle load pads. the axle load data should be collected axle configuration wise. the number of equivalent standard axle per truck shall be calculated on the basis of results obtained. the result of the survey should bring out the vdf for each truck type (axle configuration, if the calculated vdf is found to be below the national average, then national average shall be used. furthermore, the data from axle load surveys should be analysed to bring out the single axle load (sal) distribution by truck type (axle configuration).
Sector: PWD