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  Module 2: Geometric design of highways
Lecture 13 Sight distance
  

Overtaking zones

Overtaking zones are provided when OSD cannot be provided throughout the length of the highway. These are zones dedicated for overtaking operation, marked with wide roads. The desirable length of overtaking zones is 5 time OSD and the minimum is three times OSD (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Overtaking zones
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