A PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE IMPERFECT DITCH METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION

A BRIEF DISCUSSION IS PRESENTED OF THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH MARSTON'S IMPERFECT DITCH METHOD IS BASED AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN CARRIED OUT IN A SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO MINIMIZE THE LOAD PRODUCED BY A HIGH ADDITIONAL FILL PLACED ABOVE A SEWER IN A REGRADING OF A LARGE RAILROAD FREIGHT YARD AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THE CONCRETE PIPE SEWER IS NOW CARRYING THE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT OF FILL WITH NO SIGNS OF DISTRESS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF LOAD DAMAGE. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/37/37-015.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 37, pp 271-277. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Spangler, M G
• Publication Date: 1958

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 6-10, 1958
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 37
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Concrete pipe; Construction management; Distress; Fills; Groundwater; Loads; Loss and damage; Sewers
• Old TRIS Terms: Imperfect trench method
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00214844
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 9 1994 12:00AM