• Vaibhav Govind Mohol
• Dipti S. Kshirsagar
• Prachi R. More
• Pushpanjali R. Punekar
• Sachin S. Kudale

In the present situation, highways and expressways are built on the principle of BOT (Build- Operate - Transfer) for which toll fee is levied from the users for a period of 20-30 years from the time of allotment of the work. For the collection of toll fees, a toll plaza structure containing more than one toll booth is built on highways. To avoid traffic congestion in cities, toll plazas are built away from the cities i.e. at the suburbs of the city. This makes the toll structure, economical in construction. The planning and design of toll plaza includes design of steel space frame for toll canopy. A space frame or space structure (3D truss) is a lightweight, truss like structure constructed from interlocking struts in a geometric pattern. They can be used to span large areas with few interior supports. Like the truss, a space frame is strong, due to its inherent triangle capacity. Bending moments are transmitted as tension and compression loads along the length of each strut. Steel space frames provide great freedom of expression and composition, as well as evenly distribute loads along each rod and external constraints.Staad.pro software is used for the steel space frame analysis and the load applications and combinations are as per IS 800-2007. For the space frame, main hindrance in design, is the wind action which requires special attention throughout the design. Hence, the wind load is designed as per IS 875- Part III. In proper planning, resource management plays an important part for the project to be economical. Hence, costing and estimation of the quantity of 3Ms required in construction is estimated. The primary focus of the project is to design a toll canopy with the idea in future of solar PV system on its roof, to make the toll plaza a self-reliant structure, in case of electricity.

Toll plaza, STAAD Pro. Vi8 , steel space frame

"PLANNING AND DESIGNING OF TOLL PLAZA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.101-105, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904721.pdf

"PLANNING AND DESIGNING OF TOLL PLAZA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp101-105, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904721.pdf