Format for joint site inspection by the Superintending Engineer and State

Technical Agency for Bridges

(Reference para 4.3.1 of Operations Manual sub para 5)

Date of Visit:

Name and designation of STA:

Name of Superintending Engineer:

Sl Item To be filled in by the

No. STA
1. Name of the proposed bridge
2. Length of proposed bridge (Excluding
approaches)
3. Width of bridge proposed 5.5/4.25 m
4. Width of existing road carriage way 3.75/3.00 m
5. Sl.no of the CN1 of the road
6. OMMS reference of the road including year
7. Type of obstruction River/stream/drain
8. Type of river bed material Fine silt/medium
silt/medium sand
/coarse sand/fine bajri
& sand/ heavy sand
9. Type of Terrain Hilly/rolling/alluvial
Plain
10. Are the banks well defined ?
11. Length of approach on either side to be
constructed
12. Has this been already included in the road DPR?
13. Traffic category taken in pavement design of the
road
14. Bridge Alignment Straight reach of the
river/Skew
15. Height of embankment of approach road from the
lowest bed level
16. Are flood marks, if any, available on an existing
structure ?
17. Highest Flood Level (HFL)
18. Ordinary Flood Level (OFL)
19. Lowest Bed Level (LBL)
20. Average ground level
21. Empirical Formula for discharge calculation Dickens/Ryves/Inglis
22. Is toposheet available for calculation of catchment
area ?
23. Name of the nearest place for which highest rain
 data in the mm/hour as per Meteorological
Department data
24. Rugosity co-efficient for calculating velocity
25. Type of proposed bridge High level/High
submersible bridge/
high vented
causeway/any other
type
26. Type of superstructure RCC/PSC/Steel

27 No of spans proposed

28. Is the water way proposed to be less than

calculated effective linear water way?

29 Has any pit or bore hole dug to assess to

foundation strata?

30. Type of proposed foundation Shallow Isolated

foundation/Raft
foundation/deep well
foundation/deep pile
foundation
31. Are river protection works on up stream as well as
down stream with cut of wall proposed ?

32. Type of river protection, if any Concrete

blocks/gabion/Wire
crate
33 If rocky strata anticipated has opinion of geological
expert sought for assessing suitability of location
of bridge?

34. Present arrangement for movement of traffic i.e

whether a causeway/ Low level bridge is already
existing. If yes, reasons for proposing Long span
bridge
35 Atleast 4 photographs of bridge site, indicating the
alignment, feasibility, tentative levels of road and
bridge and inspection of bridge site.

36 Specific remarks of STA/ SE, about the proposal.

Signature of Superintending Engineer Signature of STA