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Terminology of Road Staking
General Guide to RoadPlus - 4.0.0en
The part of the road on which you drive once the road is
finished is called
carriage way
(roadway, travel way).
Next to the carriage way may be the
verge
(shoulder) with
usually a slightly higher slope ratio than the carriage way.
The
slope
is next to the verge and can be thought of as linking
the road level with the original ground. Its slope ratio is even
higher than the one of the verge. A slope starts at the
hinge
point
.
The
original ground / surface
is the undisturbed surface
before project construction.
The
Finished Road Level
describes the final road.
Since cuts / fills start from the original ground, there must be
a physical point on each desired cross section station where
the finished design shape of the roadway cut / fill intersects
with the existing ground surface. This point is called
catch
point
. If the catch point is marking the catch of a cut slope, it is
called
top of bank (= top)
.
Toe of bank/slope (=toe)
is the
catch point marking the catch of a fill slope.
Usually, the stake of the catch point is gone after the initial cut
/ fill. An
offset catch point
is often marked nearby as second
point. This point is offset from the catch point.
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