GENERAL NOTES

1. PAYMENT LINE
SELECT GRANULAR FILL,

THE PLANS WILL SHOW THE LOCATIONS WHERE SELECT GRANULAR FILL, SLOPE PROTECTION - TYPE A IS REQUIRED. OTHER LOCATIONS WILL BE DETERMINED IN THE FIELD BY THE ENGINEER-IN-CHARGE BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REGIONAL GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER AND PAYMENT WILL BE MADE UNDER SELECT GRANULAR FILL, SLOPE PROTECTION TYPE B FOR THESE LOCATIONS.

SLOPE PROTECTION
m

PAYMENT LINE

MI N.

0. 6

UNCLASSIFIED EXCAVATION AND DISPOSAL

.6 m

MIN .

2. TRENCH AND CULVERT EXCAVATION

SELECT GRANULAR FILL, SLOPE PROTECTION INSTALLED AS PART OF A SLOPE PROTECTION - PIPE DRAIN SHALL BE TYPE A IF THE LOCATION OF THE WORK IS SHOWN ON THE PLANS AND TYPE B IF NOT SHOWN ON PLANS.

STABLE STABLE MATERIAL 1 1 PAYMENT LINE SELECT GRANULAR FILL, SLOPE PROTECTION PAYMENT LINE UNCLASSIFIED EXCAVATION AND DISPOSAL PAYMENT LINE 1 MATERIAL 1
PAYMENT LINE

SELECT GRANULAR FILL, SLOPE PROTECTION LEVEL

UNDERDRAIN FILTER

PIPE UNDERDRAIN
100 mm MIN.

3.

THE BLANKET TYPE OF SLOPE PROTECTION SHALL BE USED IN AREAS WHERE SLOUGHING OF SLOPES HAS OCCURRED BUT NO DEFINITE STRATA OF IMPERVIOUS MATERIAL CONTRIBUTING TO
THE SLOUGHING CONDITION CAN BE LOCATED OR WHERE THE

UNCLASSIFIED EXCAVATION AND DISPOSAL SLOUGHING UNSTABLE MATERIAL

m

IMPERVIOUS STRATUM IS LOCATED SO LOW ON THE SLOPE THAT THE USE OF A PIPE DRAIN TYPE OF PROTECTION IS NOT PRACTICAL OR ECONOMICAL.

DESIGN SLOPE

SLOUGHING
m 0.6

UNSTABLE MATERIAL

MIN .

TRENCH AND CULVERT EXCAVATION UNDERDRAIN FILTER

PIPE UNDERDRAIN

MI N.

0. 6

LEVEL 100 mm MIN.

STABLE

STABLE MATERIAL

UNDERDRAIN FILTER
PIPE UNDERDRAIN

1 3

MATERIAL

UNDERDRAIN INSTALLATION

.6 m

SELECT GRANULAR FILL, PAYMENT LINE TRENCH CULVERT EXCAVATION SLOPE PROTECTION

MIN

100 mm MIN.

PAYMENT LINE

NO UNDERDRAIN INSTALLATION CURBED SECTION DITCH SECTION

SLOPE PROTECTION - BLANKET

1.

FOR TYPE A THE SLOPE PROTECTION BLANKET SHALL INCLUDE THE ENTIRE DISTRESSED AREA. FOR TYPE B-THE EXTENT AND LOCATION OF THE SLOPE PROTECTION BLANKET TREATMENT WILL BE AS ORDERED BY THE ENGINEER BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
REGIONAL GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER.

2.

THE DIMENSIONS INDICATED ON THESE TYPICAL SECTIONS MAY BE INCREASED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE ENGINEER.

3.

PIPE UNDERDRAINS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROPRIATE STANDARD CONSTRUCTION DETAIL SHEET. HOWEVER, WHERE POSSIBLE, THE PIPE UNDERDRAIN SHOULD BE KEPT AT LEAST 1.2 METERS BELOW THE GROUND SURFACE TO PREVENT FREEZING. THE SLOPE PROTECTION MATERIAL SHALL BE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE UNDERDRAIN FILTER.

SEE DETAIL "A"

4.

TOPSOIL, IF REQUIRED, MAY BE PLACED ON THE SURFACE OF THE SLOPE PROTECTION BLANKET. THE THICKNESS OF THE TOPSOIL SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE THICKNESS OF THE SLOPE PROTECTION BLANKET.

5. PERVIOUS MATERIAL

UNDERDRAINS SHALL BE OMITTED WHEN ORDERED BY THE ENGINEER BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE REGIONAL GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER.

SEEPAGE PLANE c PAVEMENT LINES TRENCH AND CULVERT EXCAVATION ROADWAY DESIGN SLOPE PAYMENT LINE SELECT GRANULAR FILL, SLOPE PROTECTION 1
SELECT

DESIGN SLOPE

GRANULAR FILL SLOPE PROTECTION

SLOPE PROTECTION - PIPE DRAIN

PERVIOUS MATERIAL

SEEPAGE PLANE
0.3 m MIN.

1.

THE PURPOSE OF SLOPE PROTECTION PIPE DRAIN IS TO CONVEY SUBSURFACE WATER FROM THE

1.

IN

IMPERVIOUS MATERIAL

NOTE: ALL DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETERS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

UNDERDRAIN FILTER

SLOPE IN A MANNER WHICH WILL NOT CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE SLOPE. IMPERVIOUS MATERIAL 2. THE SLOPE PROTECTION-PIPE DRAIN TREATMENT SHALL ONLY BE USED WHERE ORDERED BY THE ENGINEER BASED UPON WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE REGIONAL GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER.
3.

PIPE UNDERDRAIN 4

STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

THE UNDERDRAIN PIPE MUST BE PLACED BELOW THE SEEPAGE PLANE, IN THE IMPERVIOUS MATERIAL. GENERALLY, THE LOCATION OF THE SEEPAGE PLANE CAN ONLY BE DETERMINED AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION. 100 mm MIN. 150 mm MIN
METRIC STANDARD SHEET

4.

THE 1 ON 1 EXCAVATION SLOPE FOR THE SYSTEM MAY BE FLATTENED BY THE ENGINEER AS DICTATED BY CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF EXCAVATION. THE INDICATED DIMENSIONS ARE MINIMUM AND MAY BE INCREASED BY THE ENGINEER.

DETAIL "A"

INSTALLATION DETAILS FOR GRANULAR FILL-SLOPE PROTECTION

(SHEET X OF Y) APPROVED , 2002

5.

THE PIPE UNDERDRAIN SHOULD HAVE A MINIMUM PITCH OF 2%. THE PIPE MUST BE DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT THE INTERCEPTED WATER IS CARRIED TO A POSITIVE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

ISSUED UNDER EB 02-003

6.

TOPSOIL, IF REQUIRED, MAY BE PLACED ON THE FINISHED SLOPE. THE THICKNESS OF THE TOPSOIL
SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE THICKNESS OF SLOPE PROTECTION PIPE DRAIN INSTALLATIONS.

/S/ P.J. CLARK DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER (TECHNICAL SERVICES DIV.)

M203-3R1