ORIGINAL GROUND SURFACE

ORIGINAL GROUND SURFACE

EARTH OR ROCK ROCK SURFACE CUT

c ROADWAY ROCK CUT EARTH CUT 3n OR MORE THEORETICAL GRADE LINE SUBGRADE SURFACE

SEE NOTE 4

EARTH SLOPE

SEE NOTE 4

12 m

SEE NOTE 7

SEE NOTE 2

SEE BENCHING DETAILS

ORIGINAL GROUND SURFACE

ROCK SURFACE ORIGINAL GROUND SURFACE ROCK CUT EARTH CUT

EARTH OR ROCK CUT

c ROADWAY THEORETICAL GRADE LINE SUBGRADE SURFACE SEE NOTE 4

ROCK SLOPE

SUBGRADE SURFACE SEE NOTE 4 SEE NOTE 6 12 m 12 m

SEE NOTE 7 EARTH SLOPE

SEE NOTE 2

EMBANKMENT

SEE BENCHING DETAILS

TRANSVERSE - TRANSITIONS

LONGITUDINAL - TRANSITIONS

ORIGINAL GROUND SURFACE

GENERAL NOTES
EMBANKMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT UP BY 1.2 m STAGE ALONG WITH THE BENCHING AND COMPACTED PARALLEL TO THE BENCHES. A. 1. THE INTENT OF THE TRANSITIONS IS TO OBTAIN UNIFORM BEARING
AND MATERIAL BOTH TRANSVERSELY AND LONGITUDINALLY.

NOTES:
2. THE QUANITY OF BENCHING TO BE PAID FOR SHALL BE DETERMINED BY USING A FIXED VOLUME OF 1.5 CUBIC METER PER LINEAR METER OF BENCH MULTIPLIED BY THE MEASURED LENGTH OF THE BENCH

A PLANE 1.2 m BELOW THE EDGES OF PAVEMENT OR A PLANE CONNECTING THE DITCH INVERTS, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER.

NOTE: ALL DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETERS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

1.2 m

3. 4.

THE HATCHED AREA DOES NOT NECESSARILY COINCIDE WITH THE SUBGRADE AREA.
THE TRANSITION AREAS SHALL BE BACKFILLED WITH THE SUBGRADE AREA MATERIAL

REGARDLESS OF THE WIDTH OF THE BENCH. PAYMENT SHALL BE MADE UNDER THE APPROPRIATE ITEM OR ITEMS FOR EXCAVATION AND
BACKFILL.

STATE OF NEW YORK

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED ON THE PLANS OR IN THE PROPOSAL.

5.

B. VARIES

BENCHES SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AS DESIGNED EXCEPT AS MODIFIED BY THE ENGINEER WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE REGIONAL GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER.

THE LOWER LIMITS OF THE HATCHED AREAS IN CUT ARE THE LOWER PAYMENT LINES FOR EXCAVATION.

METRIC STANDARD SHEET

6. SLOPE STEEPER THAN 1 ON 3

THE UNDERDRAIN INSTALLATION IS OPTIONAL (A.O.B.E.) THE CONFIGURATION SHALL BE A.O.B.E. AND PAYMENT SHALL BE MADE UNDER THE APPROPRIATE PAY ITEMS.

EARTHWORK TRANSITION AND BENCHING DETAILS

(SHEET X OF Y)

7.

THE DEPTH IS DETERMINED BY A LINE 1.2 m BELOW THE EDGES OF PAVEMENT OR A LINE CONNECTING THE DITCH INVERTS, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER.
APPROVED , 1996

EARTH BENCHING DETAILS

ISSUED UNDER EI 96-019

/S/ P.J. CLARK

DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER

(DESIGN)

M203-2