SLIDE CORRECTIONS USING DEEP INTERCEPTOR TRENCHES

The California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) methods for dewatering large soil masses to reduce or eliminate hydrostatic pressure have included installing horizontal drains, vertical wells, or constructing stabilization trenches. Caltrans' experience indicates that the use of backhoes capable of excavating to 40 ft (12.2 m) presents an innovative, safe, and cost-effective method to construct deep interceptor trenches to control ground water seepage.

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  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Forsyth, R A
  • Wells, G K
• Publication Date: 1985-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 128-131
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
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  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Control; Dewatering; Drainage; Drainage structures; Earthwork cutting; Embankments; Excavation; Excavations; Failure analysis; Highways; Hydrostatic pressure; Prevention; Repairing; Seepage; Slope failure; Slope stability; Slopes; Soil stabilization; Systems; Trenches
• Old TRIS Terms: Cut slide repair; Deep interceptor trenches; Drainage gallery system; Embankment failure prevention; Highway systems
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Security and Emergencies; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00396051
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 603
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM