Conduit Construction. Conduits may be placed by means of trenching, plowing, xxxx and bore, or directional bore. Conduits will generally be placed on a level grade parallel to the surface, with only gradual changes in grade elevation. Steel conduit will be joined with ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT##. All paved city, state, federal and interstate highways and railroad crossings will be encased in steel conduit. If the crossing is at grade, steel is not required if the cable is placed with ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT## feet of cover or more, and the crossing is directional bored. All crossings of major streams, rivers, bays and navigable waterways will be placed in ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT## conduit. At all foreign utility/underground obstacle crossings, ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT## conduit will be placed and will extend at least ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT## feet beyond the outer limits of the obstacle in both directions. All xxxx and bores will use steel conduit. All directional bores will use ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT## conduit. Any cable placed in rock will be placed in ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT## conduit. Any cable placed in swamp or wetland areas will be placed in ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT## conduit. All conduits placed on bridges will be ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT##. All conduits placed on bridges shall have expansion joints placed ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT## or at least every ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT## feet, whichever is the shorter distance.
Conduit Construction o Conduits may be placed by means of trenching, plowing, xxxx and bore, multi-directional bore or directional bore. Conduits shall generally be placed on a level grade parallel to the surface, with only gradual changes in grade elevation. o Steel conduit shall be joined with threaded collars, Zap-Lok or welding. (Welding is the preferred method.) o All crossings of paved city, county, state, federal, and interstate highways, or railroad crossings shall be encased in steel conduit. o All longitudinal cable runs under paved streets shall be placed in steel or concrete encased PVC conduit. o All cable placed in metropolitan areas shall be placed in steel or concrete covered PVC conduit. o Metropolitan areas shall be defined as areas where there is either extensive development and improvement or rapid growth (new building construction). o All crossings of major streams, rivers, bays and navigable waterways shall be placed in HDPE, PVC or steel conduit, or shall use specially armored submarine cable. o At all foreign utility/underground obstacle crossings, steel conduit shall be placed and shall extend at least five feet (5') beyond the outer limits of the obstacle in both directions. o All xxxx and bores shall use steel conduit. o All directional or mini-directional bores shall use HDPE or steel conduit. o Any cable placed in swamp or wetland areas shall be placed in HDPE, PVC or steel conduit.
Conduit Construction. Conduits may be placed by means of trenching, plowing, xxxx and bore, or directional bore. Conduits will generally be placed on a level grade parallel to the surface, with only gradual changes in grade elevation. Steel conduit will be joined with threaded collars, Zap-Lok or welding. All paved city, state, federal and interstate highways and railroad crossings will be encased in steel conduit. If the crossing is at grade, steel is not required if the cable is placed with ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT## feet of cover or more, and the crossing is directional bored. All crossings of major streams, rivers, bays and navigable waterways will be placed in HDPE, PVC or steel conduit. At all foreign utility/underground obstacle crossings, split/solid steel conduit will be placed and will extend at least 5 feet beyond the outer limits of the obstacle in both directions. All xxxx and bores will use steel conduit. All directional bores will use HDPE or steel conduit. Any cable placed in rock will be placed in HDPE, PVC or steel conduit. Any cable placed in swamp or wetland areas will be placed in HDPE, PVC or steel conduit. All conduits placed on bridges will be steel. All conduits placed on bridges shall have expansion joints placed at each structural (bridge) expansion joint or at least every 150 feet, whichever is the shorter distance.
Conduit Construction. Conduits may be placed by means of trenching, plowing, xxxx and bore, mini-directional bore or directional bore. Conduits will generally be placed on a level grade parallel to the surface, with only gradual changes in grade elevation. Steel conduit will be joined with ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT## is the preferred method). All paved city, state, federal and interstate highways and railroad crossings will be encased in steel conduit. If the crossing is at grade, steel is not required if the cable is placed with ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT## feet of cover or more. All longitudinal cable runs under paved streets will be placed in steel or concrete encased PVS conduit or buried with a minimum of ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT## feet of cover, except that the system in Dallas has ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT## installed at ##MATERIAL OMITTED AND SEPARATELY FILED UNDER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT## inches of cover. Metro areas shall be defined as areas where at least one of the following conditions exist:
Conduit Construction. The conduit may be placed by means of trenching, plowing, jack and bore, or directional bore. The conduit will generally be placed on a level grade parallel to the surface, with only gradual changes in grade elevation. Crossings of roads maintained by government bodies and railroad crossings will be encased in HDPE conduit, or as required by the permitting authority.
Conduit Construction. Conduits may be placed by means of trenching, plowing, jack and bore, or directional bore. Conduit will generally bx xxaced on a level grade parallel to the surface, with only gradual changes in grade elevation. Steel conduit will be joined with threaded collars, welding or other industry accepted methods. Railroad crossings will be encased in HDPE or steel conduit. All underground crossings of navigable waterways will be placed in either HDPE or steel conduit at a minimum depth of 20 feet below the bottom of the waterway. All conduits placed on DOT bridges will be bulletproof fiberglass or galvanized steel. All conduits placed on bridges shall have expansion joint placed at each structural (bridge) expansion joint or at least every 100 feet, whichever is the shorter distance.
Conduit Construction. Conduits may be placed by means of trenching, plowing, xxxx and bore, or directional bore. Conduits will generally be placed on a level grade parallel to the surface, with only gradual changes in grade elevation. Steel conduit will be joined with threaded collars, Zap-Lok or welding. All paved city, state, federal and interstate highways and railroad crossings will be encased in steel conduit. If the crossing is at grade, steel is not required if the cable is placed with * feet of cover or more, and the crossing is directional bored. All crossings of major streams, rivers, bays and navigable waterways will be placed in HDPE, PVC or steel conduit. At all foreign utility/underground obstacle crossings, split/solid steel conduit will be placed and will extend at least 5 feet beyond the outer limits of the obstacle in both directions. All xxxx and bores will use steel conduit. All directional bores will use HDPE or steel conduit. Any cable placed in rock will be placed in HDPE, PVC or steel conduit. Any cable placed in swamp or wetland areas will be placed in HDPE, PVC or steel conduit. * MATERIAL HAS BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT AND SUCH MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION. 91 All conduits placed on bridges will be steel. All conduits placed on bridges shall have expansion joints placed at each structural (bridge) expansion joint or at least every 150 feet, whichever is the shorter distance.
Conduit Construction. Conduits may be placed by means of trenching, plowing, jack xxx bore, push-pull method, or directional bore. Conduits will generally be placed on a level grade parallel to the surface, with only gradual changes in grade elevation. Steel conduit will be joined with threaded collars or welding. Conduit crossings of roads maintained by government bodies and railroad crossings will be encased in steel conduit, except where the cable is placed with 10 feet or more of cover. In the latter case, HDPE is adequate. Conduit placed by the push-pull method (that is, using a push rod, followed by pulling conduit) may use HDPE, PVC, or steel conduit. All directional bores will use HDPE or steel conduit. All conduits placed on bridges shall have expansion joints placed at each structural (bridge) expansion joint or at least every 300 feet, whichever is the shorter distance. For bridges under 100 feet, with no bridge expansion joint, no conduit expansion joint is required. For bridges greater than 100 feet, at least one conduit expansion joint will be placed, even if there is no bridge expansion joint.
Conduit Construction. Conduits may be placed by means of trenching, plowing, xxxx and bore, or directional bore. Conduit will generally be placed on a level grade parallel to the surface, with only gradual changes in grade elevation. . Steel conduit will be joined with threaded collars, Zap-Lok or welding. . When directional bore methods are used, the bore depth with steel casing shall be a minimum of five feet (5') below base of rail and five feet (5') below natural ground. For depths greater than ten feet (10') below base of rail and five feet (5') below natural ground, a single HDPE SDR 11 casing may be used in lieu of a steel casing. Approved mini-directional wet bores shall be installed a minimum depth of ten feet (10') below the toe of ballast section and a minimum of five feet (5') feet below natural ground line, pursuant to the following parameters: . All bores are to be either Duct or HDPE-casing bores with the exception of those where the ROW owner specifies steel. All Duct bores (bores without casing) with the exception of common driveway --------------------------------------------------------------------------- crossings shall use SDR 0 Xxxx. Xxxxxxxx bores and cased bores may use SDR 11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duct. ----- . All conduits placed on DOT bridges will be bullet-proof fiberglass where allowed by the authority and all other bridges galvanized steel conduit shall be installed. . All conduits placed on bridges shall have expansion joint placed at each structural (bridge) expansion joint or at least every one hundred feet (100'), whichever is the shorter distance.
Conduit Construction. Conduits may be placed by means of trenching, plowing, xxxx and bore, micro-trenching, or directional bore. Network facilities will generally be placed on a level grade parallel to the surface, with only gradual changes in grade elevation. Crossings of roads maintained by government bodies and railroad crossings will be encased in HDPE conduit, or as required by the permitting authority. All galvanized steel conduits placed on bridges shall have expansion joints placed at each structural (bridge) expansion joint or at least every three hundred feet (300’), whichever is the shorter distance. For bridges under one hundred feet (100’), with no bridge expansion joint, no conduit expansion joint is required. For bridges greater than one hundred feet (100’), at least one conduit expansion joint will be placed, even if there is no bridge expansion joint.
