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Discussion Forum : Highway Engineering - Section 1 (Q.No. 49)
49.
The wall constructed for the stability of an excavated portion of a road on the hill side, is known as
retaining wall
breast wall
parapet wall
all the above.
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Shashank Sharma said:   5 years ago
The retaining walls in which the retained earth is above its cap (in a increasing slope) are called breast wall.
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Sid parmar said:   5 years ago
Retaining wall - retain filling.

Breast wall - retain natural ground.
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Pramod jaiswal said:   5 years ago
Wall provided on hill side of hill road =>breast wall.

And on valley side of hill road => retaining wall.
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Gyandev said:   4 years ago
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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