Set Back Distance (m

"The distance from the Roadway Centre line by which any road side Obstruction must be cleared off so that
least for a distance of SSD length on his alignment (which is the centre line of the Inner most Lane)"

Parameters Standard of Design V (Kmph)

Description AASHTO or IRC (A/I) Design Speed

The designer has to choose

based on the type of road
The input must be either IRC or
Formula /Reference facility
AASHTO (I/A)
(120,100,80,65,60,50,40,35,30
,25,20)
Values i 100
Input Parameters (as

marked )
R
Parameters
(m) (radian)
Angle subtended at the curve centre by arc
Description Design Radius length of SSD at the inner most Lane centre
line

Formula /Reference Designer's choice, however, ensure

that the table should start with Rmin

400 0.2259887006
450 0.2007808143
500 0.1806322127
550 0.1641586867
600 0.1504387798
650 0.1388353259
700 0.1288936627
750 0.1202806549
800 0.1127466333
850 0.1061007958
900 0.1001948233
950 0.0949116794
1000 0.0901577761
1050 0.0858573813
1100 0.0819485545
1150 0.0783801437
1200 0.0751095347
1250 0.0721009413
1300 0.0693240901
1350 0.0667531986
1400 0.064366172
1450 0.0621439669
1500 0.0600700818
1550 0.0581301469
1600 0.0563115908
1650 0.0546033672
1700 0.0529957309
1750 0.0514800515
1800 0.0500486584
1850 0.0486947112
1900 0.0474120901
1950 0.0461953035
2000 0.0450394095
2050 0.0439399487
2100 0.0428928869
2150 0.0418945653
2200 0.0409416581
2250 0.0400311353
2300 0.0391602306
2350 0.0383264133
2400 0.0375273637
2450 0.0367609517
2500 0.0360252177
2550 0.0353183557
2600 0.0346386991
2650 0.0339847069
2700 0.0333549523
2750 0.0327481124
2800 0.032162959
2850 0.0315983499
2900 0.0310532218
2950 0.0305265836
3000 0.0300175102
3050 0.0295251374
3100 0.0290486565
3150 0.0285873104
3200 0.0281403893
3250 0.027707227
3300 0.0272871978
3350 0.0268797133
3400 0.0264842198
3450 0.0261001958
3500 0.0257271493
3550 0.0253646164
3600 0.0250121587
3650 0.024669362
3700 0.0243358345
3750 0.0240112052
3800 0.0236951228
3850 0.0233872539
3900 0.0230872828
3950 0.0227949091
4000 0.0225098481
4050 0.0222318286
4100 0.0219605929
4150 0.0216958959
4200 0.0214375037
4250 0.0211851939
4300 0.0209387541
4350 0.0206979819
4400 0.020462684
4450 0.0202326758
4500 0.0200077808
4550 0.0197878305
4600 0.0195726635
4650 0.0193621255
4700 0.0191560687
4750 0.0189543516
4800 0.0187568384
4850 0.0185633992
4900 0.018373909
4950 0.0181882484
5000 0.0180063022
5050 0.0178279602
5100 0.0176531163
5150 0.0174816685
5200 0.017313519
5250 0.0171485733
5300 0.0169867409
5350 0.0168279344
5400 0.0166720697
5450 0.0165190658
5500 0.0163688446
5550 0.0162213311
5600 0.0160764525
5650 0.0159341389
5700 0.0157943228
5750 0.0156569391
5800 0.0155219247
5850 0.015389219
5900 0.0152587632
5950 0.0151305006
6000 0.0150043763
6050 0.0148803373
6100 0.0147583323
6150 0.0146383117
6200 0.0145202275
6250 0.0144040331
6300 0.0142896836
6350 0.0141771354
6400 0.0140663463
6450 0.0139572752
6500 0.0138498827
6550 0.0137441301
6600 0.0136399803
6650 0.0135373971
6700 0.0134363453
6750 0.013336791
6800 0.0132387011
6850 0.0131420436
6900 0.0130467872
6950 0.0129529018
7000 0.0128603579
7050 0.0127691271
7100 0.0126791815
7150 0.0125904942
7200 0.0125030389
7250 0.0124167903
7300 0.0123317234
7350 0.0122478141
7400 0.012165039
7450 0.0120833753
7500 0.0120028007
7550 0.0119232935
7600 0.0118448327
7650 0.0117673978
7700 0.0116909687
7750 0.0116155261
7800 0.0115410509
7850 0.0114675246
7900 0.0113949293
7950 0.0113232473
8000 0.0112524615
8050 0.0111825552
8100 0.0111135122
8150 0.0110453165
8200 0.0109779526
8250 0.0109114054
8300 0.0108456602
8350 0.0107807025
8400 0.0107165183
8450 0.0106530938
8500 0.0105904157
8550 0.0105284707
8600 0.0104672462
8650 0.0104067297
8700 0.0103469089
8750 0.0102877718
8800 0.010229307
8850 0.0101715028
8900 0.0101143483
8950 0.0100578325
9000 0.0100019448
9050 0.0099466748
9100 0.0098920122
9150 0.0098379471
9200 0.0097844699
9250 0.0097315708
9300 0.0096792407
9350 0.0096274704
9400 0.0095762509
9450 0.0095255735
9500 0.0094754297
9550 0.009425811
9600 0.0093767093
9650 0.0093281165
9700 0.0092800247
9750 0.0092324263
 9800 0.0091853137
9850 0.0091386795
9900 0.0090925164
9950 0.0090468173
10000 0.0090015753
10050 0.0089567835
10100 0.0089124353
10150 0.0088685241
10200 0.0088250435
10250 0.0087819872
10300 0.0087393489
10350 0.0086971227
10400 0.0086553026
10450 0.0086138827
10500 0.0085728574
10550 0.008532221
10600 0.008491968
10650 0.0084520931
10700 0.0084125908
10750 0.0083734561
10800 0.0083346839
10850 0.008296269
10900 0.0082582066
10950 0.0082204919
11000 0.00818312
11050 0.0081460865
11100 0.0081093866
11150 0.0080730159
11200 0.0080369701
11250 0.0080012446
11300 0.0079658354
11350 0.0079307382
11400 0.0078959489
11450 0.0078614635
11500 0.0078272781
11550 0.0077933886
11600 0.0077597913
11650 0.0077264825
11700 0.0076934584
11750 0.0076607154
11800 0.00762825
11850 0.0075960585
11900 0.0075641376
11950 0.0075324838
12000 0.0075010939
12050 0.0074699645
12100 0.0074390924
12150 0.0074084745
12200 0.0073781075
12250 0.0073479885
12300 0.0073181144
12350 0.0072884822
12400 0.007259089
12450 0.0072299319
12500 0.0072010081
12550 0.0071723149
12600 0.0071438493
12650 0.0071156089
12700 0.0070875908
12750 0.0070597925
12800 0.0070322114
12850 0.007004845
12900 0.0069776908
12950 0.0069507462
13000 0.006924009
13050 0.0068974767
13100 0.0068711469
13150 0.0068450174
13200 0.0068190859
13250 0.0067933501
13300 0.0067678078
13350 0.0067424569
13400 0.0067172952
13450 0.0066923206
13500 0.006667531
13550 0.0066429244
13600 0.0066184987
13650 0.006594252
13700 0.0065701823
13750 0.0065462877
13800 0.0065225663
13850 0.0064990161
13900 0.0064756354
13950 0.0064524223
14000 0.0064293751
14050 0.0064064919
14100 0.006383771
14150 0.0063612108
14200 0.0063388094
14250 0.0063165652
14300 0.0062944766
14350 0.0062725419
14400 0.0062507596
14450 0.0062291281
et Back Distance (m) on Horizontal Curves
ction must be cleared off so that the Vehicle, travelling on the Innermost lane of the Roadway, must have unobstructed v
the Inner most Lane)"
M w n
(m) (m) (nos)

Median Width (In Number of lanes in

Each Lane Width
case the Roadway is Divided) each direction

As per IRC, Lane

Enter the Median Width
width=3.5 m
(including both side
&
shyness, if any).
As per AASHTO,
Enter 0 if Undivided
Lane width=3.6m
0 3.5 1

m (m)

Set Back Distance

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10.8
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ane of the Roadway, must have unobstructed visibility ahead of him at

S
d (m)
(m)

Distance of Inner most Lane

Stopping Sight Distance (SSD) Centre line from the Roadway
Centreline

S = 0.278Vt + V2/254 f
where t=2.5 sec
and f = 0.35

180 1.75