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The rigid pavements and rigid base supporting rails can be considered as a strip footing resting over an embankment. In addition, there can also be single or double-strip footings resting over an embankment. These strip footings are influenced by the properties of the soil, slope angle of an embankment, setback distance, and spacing between the footings and the height of embankment. In this study, the bearing capacity factors for the single- and double-strip footings resting over an embankment are evaluated using the finite element method (FEM). The bearing capacity factors $N_c^{\prime }$ and $N_{\gamma }^{\prime }$ are evaluated for different soil friction angles $(\varphi )$, slope angles of embankment $(\beta )$, setback distances $(S)$, embankment heights $(D)$ and spacing between the footings $(t)$. Considering the practical aspect, i.e., the surcharge is not present for footing on an embankment, the $N_q^{\prime }$ is not evaluated in the study. Based on the analysis, it is observed that the bearing capacity factors $N_c^{\prime }$ and $N_{\gamma }^{\prime }$ increase with increase in friction angle of the soil and setback distance and reduce with increase in the slope angle of the embankment. The effect of depth of embankment on the $N_c^{\prime }$ and $N_{\gamma }^{\prime }$ is negligible for smaller friction angles $(\varphi \le 20^{\circ })$, whereas it increases marginally for higher friction angles $(\varphi >20^{\circ })$. Furthermore, the $N_c^{\prime }$ and $N_{\gamma }^{\prime }$ are influenced by the spacing between the footings. This study’s results are compared with the results available in the literature. This study’s results are presented as design charts, and these could be adopted in the practice in routine designs of shallow foundations.