DESIGN SECTION A002; ROCKVILLE AND PENTAGON ROUTES. SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION

RESULTS OF FOUR SUPPLEMENTARY BORINGS PERFORMED NEAR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF FARRAGUT SQUARE AT THE INTERSECTION OF CONNECTICUT AVENUE AND EYE STREET, N.W. ARE SUMMARIZED. THE PURPOSE OF THE WORK WAS TO EVALUATE SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS, PARTICULARLY THE CHARACTER OF DECOMPOSED ROCK AND BEDROCK, AT A POINT WHERE TWO SUBWAY ROUTES CROSSED. THE REPORT CONTAINS REVISED GEOLOGICAL SECTIONS THROUGH THE BORINGS, LOGS OF THE BORINGS AND CONCLUSIONS REGARDING SUBSURFACE CHARACTERISTICS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No MRWJ-71-56
• Corporate Authors:

  Mueser, Rutledge, Wentworth & Johnston

  New York, NY  United States 
• Publication Date: 1971-5-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 14 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bedrock; Boring; Construction; Decomposed rock; Properties of materials; Records management; Soils; Subsoil; Subways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Soil properties
• Old TRIS Terms: Subway construction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00230258
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 4 1973 12:00AM