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aprons, for aircraft parking on to the expressway after the do not read English due to the
usage. Design had to consider runway stretch ended. nature of the location, which is
that civilian activities on airstrip No elevated structure could primarily rural.
would stop completely at times be constructed in and around The roadway to runway
of adversity and they would be the designated stretch. The operational switch had to be
guided to a safe parallel route, expressway main carriageway achieved within a few hours’
called diversion road.
traffic signage had to be simple notice according to the SOP
This specific requirement was to decipher for high-speed traffic. as required by the IAF. That
ensured by designing appropriate Such signages were not available meant clearing vehicles off of
exit ramps from the expressway in standard signages codes the runway stretch, dismantling
main carriageway to the specific of India and those had to be of all permanent traffic
diversion road before start of the designed for the very first time. control device, clearing of all
runway stretch and entry ramp Traffic signs had to be suitable foreign object debris (FOD)
from the diversion road back for motorists many of whom and installation of device for

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