BELT HAULS HIGHWAY FILL 13 MILES. FUEL COSTS ARE CHOPPED BY ABOUT ONE-THIRD

The paper reports how a 13-mile conveyor teamed with a fleet of double-wagon haulers is moving about 25 million tons of fill for an Interstate 80 grading and drainage job at the west side of Salt Lake City. For about a quarter of its run, the belt travels over a causeway embankment from Antelope Island to the mainland. Use of the conveyor eliminated the need for building a 70-ft-wide road for heavy haulers along the entire route.

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  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

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• Publication Date: 1980-1

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.
• Serial:
  • Engineering News-Record
  • Volume: 204
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Causeways; Construction; Conveyors; Costs; Embankments; Fills; Fuels; Manual safety belts; Road construction; Roads
• Old TRIS Terms: Belt
• Subject Areas: Construction; Energy; Finance; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314822
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1980 12:00AM