Highway Engineering

Q1: The wall constructed for the stability of an excavated portion of a road on the hill side, is known as

A retaining wall

B breast wall

C parapet wall

D all the above.

ANS:B - breast wall

According to RS KHURMI;

The breast wall is constructed on the hillside of the roadway to retain the earth from slippage.

The wall may be kept 60 cm thick throughout and sloped along the natural slope of the earth it has to protect.



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