IRC CODE

1. DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
LIST OF INDIAN ROAD CONGRESS (IRC) PUBLICATIONS
AVAILABLE
SL. CODE NO. TITLE OF THE PUBLISHERS PRICE
NO. PUBLICATION
1 IRC:3-1983 Dimensions and Weights of IRC 40.00
Road Design Vehicles (First
Revision)
2 IRC:5-1998 Standard specifications and IRC 120.00
Code of practice for Road
Bridges, Section 1- General
features of Design (Seventh
Revision)
3 IRC:6-2000 Standard specifications and IRC 200.00
Code of practice for Road
bridges, section II – Loads and
Stresses (Fourth Revision)
4 IRC:9-1972 Traffic Census on Non – Urban IRC 60.00
Roads (First Revision)
5 IRC:10-1961 Recommended Practice for IRC 40.00
Borrowpits for Road
Embankments Constructed by
Manual Operation
6 IRC:15-2002 Standard specifications and IRC 200.00
Code of practice for
Construction of Concrete Roads
(Third Revision)
7 IRC:18-2000 Design Criteria for Prestressed IRC 120.00
Concrete Road Bridges (Post –
Tensioned Concrete) (Third
Revision)
8 IRC:19-2005 Standard specifications and IRC 80.00
Code of practice for Water
Bound Macadam (Third
Revision)
9 IRC:21-2000 Standard specifications and IRC 200.00
Code of practice for Road
Bridges, Section III Cement
Concrete (Plain and Reinforced)
(Third Revision)
10 IRC:22-1986 Standard specifications and IRC 120.00

2. Code of practice for Road
Bridges, Section VI- Composite
Construction (First Revision)
11 IRC:24-2001 Standard specifications and IRC 200.00
Code of practice for Road
Bridges, Section V- Steel Road
Bridges (Second Revision)
12 IRC:28-1967 Tentative Specifications for the IRC 40.00
Construction of Stabilized Soil
Roads with Soft Aggregate in
Areas of Moderate and High
Rainfall
13 IRC:32-1969 Standard for Vertical and IRC 24.00
Horizontal Clearances of
Overhead Electric Power and
Telecommunication Lines as
Related to Roads
14 IRC:33-1969 Standard Procedure for IRC 24.00
Evaluation and Condition
Surveys of Stabilized Soil Roads
15 IRC:34-1970 Recommendations for Road IRC 60.00
Construction in Waterlogged
Areas
16 IRC:36-1970 Recommended Practice for the IRC 80.00
Construction of Earth
Embankments for Road Works
17 IRC:37-2001 Guidelines for the Design of IRC 200.00
Flexible Pavements (Second
Revision)
18 IRC:38- 1988 Guidelines for Design of IRC 600.00
Horizontal Curves for Highways
and Design Tables (First
Revision)
19 IRC:40- 2002 Standard specifications and IRC 120.00
Code of practice for Road
Bridges, Section IV- Brick Stone
and Block Masonry (Second
Revision)
20 IRC:42- 1972 Proforma for Record of Test IRC 40.00
Values of Locally Available
Pavement Construction
Materials
21 IRC:44- 1976 Tentative Guidelines for Cement IRC 80.00
Concrete Mix Design for
Pavements (for Non- Air
Entrained and Continuously

3. Graded Concrete ) (First
Revision)
22 IRC:45- 1972 Recommendations for IRC 80.00
Estimating the Resistance of Soil
Below the Maximum Scour
Level in the Design of Well
Foundations of Bridges.
23 IRC:49- 1973 Recommended Practice for the IRC 24.00
Pulverization of Black Cotton
Soils for Lime Stabilization.
24 IRC:50- 1973 Recommended Design Criteria IRC 24.00
for the Use of Cement –
Modified Soil in Road
Construction
25 IRC:51- 1992 Guidelines for the Use of Soil IRC 40.00
Lime Mixes in Road
Construction (First Revision)
26 IRC:52- 2001 Recommendations About the IRC 120.00
Alignment Survey and
Geometric Design of Hill Roads
(Second Revision)
27 IRC:53- 1982 Road Accident Forms A-1 and 4 IRC 24.00
(First Revision)
28 IRC:54- 1974 Lateral and Vertical Clearances IRC 24.00
at Underpasses for Vehicular
Traffic
29 IRC:56- 1974 Recommended Practice for IRC 40.00
Treatment of Embankment
Slopes for Erosion Control
30 IRC:57- 1974 Recommended Practice for IRC 40.00
Sealing of Joints in Concrete
Pavements
31 IRC:58- 2002 Guidelines for the Design of IRC 200.00
Plain Jointed Rigid Pavements
for Highways (Second Revision)
32 IRC:59- 1976 Tentative Guidelines for the IRC 24.00
Design of gap Graded Cement
Concrete Mixes for Road
Pavements
33 IRC:61- 1976 Tentative Guidelines for the IRC 40.00
Construction of Cement
Concrete Pavements in Hot
Weather
34 IRC:63- 1976 Tentative Guidelines for the Use IRC 24.00
of Low Grade Aggregates and
Soil Aggregate Mixtures in Road

4. Pavement Construction
35 IRC:64- 1990 Guidelines for Capacity of IRC 40.00
Roads in Rural Areas (First
Revision)
36 IRC:65- 1976 Recommended Practice for IRC 40.00
Traffic Rotaries
37 IRC:66- 1976 Recommended Practice for Site IRC 40.00
Distance on Rural Highways
38 IRC:69- 1977 Space Standards for Roads in IRC 24.00
Urban Areas
39 IRC:70- 1977 Guidelines on Regulation and IRC 40.00
Control of Mixed Traffic in
Urban Areas
40 IRC:73- 1980 Geometric Design Standards for IRC 120.00
Rural (Non Urban) Highways
41 IRC:75- 1979 Guidelines for the Design of IRC 120.00
High Embankments
42 IRC:76- 1979 Tentative Guidelines for 32.00
Structural Strength Evaluation of
Rigid Airfield Pavements
43 IRC:77- 1979 Tentative Guidelines for Repair IRC 36.00
of Concrete Pavements Using
Synthetic Resins
44 IRC:78- 2000 Standard specifications and IRC 200.00
Code of practice for Road
Bridges, Section VII-
Foundations and Substructure
(Second Revision)
45 IRC:81- 1997 Guidelines for Strengthening of IRC 160.00
Flexible Road Pavements Using
Benkelman Beam Deflection
Technique (First Revision )
46 IRC:82- 1982 Code of Practice for IRC 80.00
Maintenance of Bituminous
Surfaces of Highways
47 IRC:83- 1999 Standard specifications and IRC 100.00
Code of practice for Road
Bridges, Section IX- Bearings,
Part I: Metallic Bearings (First
Revision)
48 IRC:83- 1987 Standard specifications and IRC 100.00
(Part II) Code of practice for Road
Bridges, Section IX- Bearings,
Part II: Elastometric Bearings
49 IRC:83- 1987 Standard specifications and IRC 200.00
(Part III) Code of practice for Road

5. Bridges, Section IX- Bearings,
Part III: POT, POT-CUM-
PTFE,PIN and Metallic Guide
Bearings
50 IRC:84- 1983 Code of Practice for Curing of IRC 24.00
Cement Concrete Pavements
51 IRC:86- 1983 Geometric Design Standards for IRC 100.00
Urban Roads in Plains
52 IRC:89- 1997 Guidelines for Design and IRC 120.00
Construction of River Training
and Control Works for Road
Bridges (First Revision)
53 IRC:92- 1985 Guidelines for the Design of IRC 36.00
Interchanges in Urban Areas
54 IRC:93- 1985 Guidelines on Design and IRC 40.00
Installation of Road Traffic
Signals
55 IRC:101- 1988 Guidelines for Design of IRC 32.00
Continuously Reinforced
Concrete Pavements with elastic
Joints
56 IRC:102- 1988 Traffic Studies for Planning IRC 80.00
Bypasses Around Towns
57 IRC:104- 1988 Guidelines For Environmental IRC 60.00
Impact Assessment Of Highway
Projects
58 IRC:106- 1990 Guidelines for Capacity of IRC 40.00
Urban Roads in Plain Areas
59 IRC:108- 1996 Guidelines for Traffic Prediction IRC 80.00
on Rural Highways
60 IRC:109- 1997 Guidelines for Wet Mix IRC 80.00
Macadam
II. IRC SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS
61 IRC:SP:12-1973 Tentative Recommendations on IRC 40.00
the Provision of parking Spaces
for Urban Areas
62 IRC:SP:13-2004 Guidelines for the Design of IRC 400.00
Small Bridges and Culverts
(First Revision)
63 IRC:SP:16-2004 Guidelines for Surface Evenness IRC 60.00
of Highway Pavements (First
Revision)
64 IRC:SP:17-1977 Recommendations About IRC 36.00

6. Overlays on Cement Concrete
Pavements
65 IRC:SP:18-1978 Manual for Highway Bridge IRC 80.00
Maintenance Inspection
66 IRC:SP:23-1983 Vertical Curves for Highways IRC 100.00
67 IRC:SP:24-1984 Guidelines on the Choice and IRC 32.00
Planning of Appropriate
Technology in Road
Construction
68 IRC:SP: 30-1993 Manual on Economic Evaluation IRC 200.00
of Highway Projects in India
(First Revision)
69 IRC:SP: 35-1990 Guidelines for Inspection and IRC 100.00
Maintenance of Bridges
70 IRC:SP: 37-1991 Guidelines for Evaluation of IRC 160.00
Load Carrying Capacity of
Bridges
71 IRC:SP: 40-1993 Guidelines on Techniques for IRC 160.00
Strengthening and Rehabilitation
of Bridges
72 IRC:SP: 41-1994 Guidelines on Design of At- IRC 140.00
Grade Intersections in Rural
&Urban Areas
73 IRC:SP: 42-1994 Guidelines on Road Drainage IRC 160.00
74 IRC:SP: 43-1994 Guidelines on Low-Cost Traffic IRC 160.00
Management Technique for
Urban Areas
75 IRC:SP: 44-1996 Highway Safety Code IRC 160.00
76 IRC:SP: 47-1998 Guidelines on Quality Systems IRC 280.00
for Road Bridges. (Plain,
Reinforced , Prestressed and
Composite Concrete)
77 IRC:SP: 49-1998 Guidelines for the use of Dry IRC 60.00
Lean Concrete as Sub-base for
Rigid Pavement
78 IRC:SP: 50-1999 Guidelines on Urban Drainage IRC 160.00
79 IRC:SP: 52-1999 Bridge Inspector’s Reference IRC 140.00
Manual
80 IRC:SP: 54-2000 Project Preparation Manual for IRC 160.00
Bridges
81 IRC:SP: 56-2000 Guidelines for Steel Pedestrian IRC 40.00
Bridges
82 IRC:SP: 59-2002 Guidelines for Use of IRC 120.00
Geotextiles in Road Pavements
and Associated Works
83 IRC:SP: 60-2002 An Approach Document for IRC 160.00

7. Assessment of Remaining Life
of Concrete Bridges
III. MINISTRY OF SURFACE TRANSPORT PUBLICATIONS
(Now Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways)
84 MORT & H Pocket Book for IRC 200.00
Bridge Engineers,2000 (First
Revision)
85 MORT & H Pocket Book for IRC 320.00
Highway Engineers,2002
(Second Revision)