DESIGN SECTION A014: ROCKVILLE ROUTE--SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION

RESULTS OF 29 BORINGS PERFORMED IN SECTION A001 FOR ROCKVILLE ROUTE ARE SUMMARIZED. THE INVESTIGATION EXTENDS NORTH OF ROCKVILLE PIKE TO THE LOCATION WHERE THE SUBWAY BECOMES TANGENT TO THE B AND O RAILROAD METROPOLITAN BRANCH IN ROCKVILLE. THE INVESTIGATION EXTENDS NORTH FROM THE STUDIES CONTAINED IN REPORT NO. 58 OF THIS SERIES. THE REPORT CONTAINS GEOLOGICAL SECTIONS ALONG THE PROPOSED SUBWAY LINE, LOGS OF THE BORINGS, RESULTS OF LABORATORY TESTS ON UNDISTURBED SOIL SAMPLES AND CONCLUSIONS REGARDING SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No MRWJ-72-75
• Corporate Authors:

  Mueser, Rutledge, Wentworth & Johnston

  New York, NY  United States 
• Publication Date: 1972-8-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 68 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boring; Construction; General surface features of the earth; Geological surveying; Laboratory tests; Logs; Sampling; Soils; Subways
• Old TRIS Terms: Geologic sections; Soil sampling; Subsurface explorations; Subway construction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00230302
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 11 1973 12:00AM