ISSUE

APPD

D.C.

DATE

06/14

AMENDMENT

ADDED DISCLAIMER AND NOTES 5-8, REMOVED TWIN

CELL PLAN AND CLASS A-C CROSS SECTIONS

DISCLAIMER
THIS DRAWING IS INTERIM ACCEPTED UNTIL FURTHER REVIEW

1. GUARD FENCE TREATMENTS SHOWN IN THIS DRAWING SHALL ONLY BE USED ON LOCAL ROADS WITH LESS THAN 500
VEHICLES PER DAY (VPD) AND WITH APPROVAL FROM THE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL ROAD AUTHORITY.

CATTLE UNDERPASS GUIDELINES

2. DESIGNS AND INSTALLATION OF CATTLE UNDERPASS TREATMENTS ON VICROADS DECLARED ROADS SHALL BE IN

CROSS-SECTIONS

ACCORDANCE WITH AUSTROADS GUIDE TO ROAD DESIGN - PART 6, RELEVANT VICROADS SUPPLEMENTS AND VICROADS ROAD
DESIGN NOTE 06-04 - ACCEPTED SAFETY BARRIER PRODUCTS.

MINIMUM CLEAR WIDTH BETWEEN BARRIERS

3. SITE SPECIFIC INFORMATION SHOULD ALWAYS BE CONSIDERED DURING DESIGN TO ESTABLISH THE RISK OF THE ROADSIDE
HAZARD AND THE ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF RISK BY THE RESPONSIBLE ROAD AUTHORITY.
10.6m

2.0m

3.3m
TRAFFIC

CLEARANCE

2.0m

3.3m

CLEARANCE

LANES

MI
N1
5
m

C
L

WH
E
NU
S
E
D WI
T
HA 5
.
1
mB
C
T
A T
E
R
MI
N
AL

LOCAL ROAD AUTHORITY

1
m

UNDERPASS
4m TRAILING TERMINAL
(REFER SD 3544)

P
O
S
T

SPACING

APPROVED TERMINAL

LOCAL ROAD WITH SEAL WIDTH 5m

5m

126

8.0m

5m

UNDERPASS
330

75

4
0
m

1000

m
6
AD
R

R
AD
I
U
S

T.T

300
2.0m

4.0m

SLOPE 10 TO 1

2.0m

OR FLATTER
CLEARANCE

TRAFFIC LANE

CLEARANCE

2.5m

2.5m

2.0m

2.0m

(SEE NOTE 5)

BARRIER OUTSIDE CLEAR

ZONE FOR OPPOSING

SHOULDER

TRAFFIC DIRECTION.
SEE NOTE 8
DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC

LOCAL ROAD SINGLE LANE WITH SEAL WIDTH 5m

DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC
NOTES:
1. THE ABOVE CROSS SECTIONS MAY INCREASE DUE TO INDIVIDUAL SITE
CONDITIONS. APPLICABLE CROSS SECTION TO BE DETERMINED IN
CONSULTATION WITH THE RELEVANT ROAD AUTHORITY. E.G. COUNCIL.

SINGLE CELL PLAN

2. IF THE VERGE IS NARROW AND THE BATTER 5:1, REFER TO SD 3521.

3. REFER VICROADS SUPPLEMENT TO AGRD PART 3, TABLE V4.2 WIDTHS OF
RURAL CARRIAGEWAY ELEMENTS.
C
L
UNDERPASS

4. AN OBSTACLE-FREE AREA OF AT LEAST 2m WIDE WITH A SLOPE NOT

STEEPER THAN 10 to 1 SHALL BE PROVIDED IN FRONT OF GUARD FENCE.

D
E
S
NU
E
m WH
5
MIN 1

IDEALLY, THIS FLAT AREA SHOULD COVER THE FULL WIDTH FROM THE EDGE
OF VERGE TO THE GUARD FENCE.

MI
N1
5
m

5. WHERE POSSIBLE, BATTERS OUTSIDE THE CLEAR ZONE SHOULD BE SHAPED

TO FLATTER THAN 3:1 SO THEY ARE TRAVERSABLE BY CARS.

REFER AGRD

PART 6, SECTION 4.2.2.

WH
E
NU
S
E
D WI
T
HA 5
.
1
mB
C
T
A

LOCAL ROAD AUTHORITY

1m

DRIVEABLE TERRAIN, TO ENSURE THAT LENGTHS OF GUARD FENCE SHOWN

5m

LOCAL ROAD AUTHORITY

APPROVED TERMINAL

P
O
S
T
5m

6. THE PREFERRED BARRIER OFFSET IS CLOSE TO THE HAZARD OR LIMIT OF

G
N
I
AC
P
S

5m
T
E
R
MI
N
AL

1
m

APPROVED TERMINAL

POST

SPACING

UNDERPASS

5m

75

75

126

4
0
m

1000

ARE MOST EFFECTIVE FOR THE REQUIRED HAZARD.

m
0
4

R
AD
I
U
S

THE OUTER CELL.

E.G. FOR A TWIN CELL UNDERPASS, THE LENGTHS SHOWN

ON THE SINGLE CELL PLAN WILL APPLY FROM THE MIDDLE IN BOTH

126

S
U
I
AD
R

1000

300
SLOPE 10 TO 1

7. LENGTHS OF GUARD FENCE SHOWN SHALL BE MEASURED FROM THE BACK OF

AL
N
MI
R
E
A T
T
C
m B
1
.
HA 5
T
WI

SLOPE 10 TO 1

300

OR FLATTER

2.5m

2.5m

2.5m

OR FLATTER

2.5m

(REFER NOTE 4)

(REFER NOTE 4)
SHOULDER

DIRECTIONS.
8. TRAILING TERMINALS AS SPECIFIED SHALL ONLY BE USED WHERE LOCATED

DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC

OUTSIDE THE CLEAR ZONE FOR THE OPPOSING TRAFFIC DIRECTION.

LOCAL ROAD ONE LANE TWO WAY

Vi
cRoads Drawi
ng No.720379

PLAN

REFERENCES AND NOTES:

ROAD SAFETY BARRIERS

TECHNICAL

1. ALL DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETRES UNLESS OTHERWISE SHOWN.

SERVICES

2. SAFETY BARRIERS SHALL BE APPROVED PRODUCTS BY THE RELEVANT LOCAL ROAD AUTHORITY.

CATTLE UNDERPASS
CROSS SECTION AND GUARD FENCE TREATMENT

3 PROSPECT HILL ROAD

CAMBERWELL
VICTORIA 3124
PHONE (03) 9811 8355
FAX (03) 9811 8329

STANDARD DRAWING

NOT TO SCALE

APPROVED

SD NO.

SD 4083

ISSUE