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<description><![CDATA[Hi Troops.  I'm looking at re-measuring all of our low bridges with a view to updating signing if necessary.  Most of them are on the flat but at one, the carriageway rises up as it passes under one side of the bridge girders.  TSM, CH.4 advises that "25m Chord" measurements should be taken in these situations, presumably to allow for long vehicles effectively rising up as they pass under the bridge but, not having a lot of topo-survey experience, I'm not sure exactly what that is or entails.  My simplistic guess is that a string-line is run along, say, the centre-line of the carriageway 12.5m either side of a reference point on the underside of the bridge and the height is re-measured from that, as against from the carriageway surface.  Can someone advise please as I'm trying to put something sensible into a brief for an external survey company to actually do the survey?  All information gratefully received. ]]></description>
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