SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION, SECTION C010A, HUNTINGTON ROUTE

Results are presented of twenty test borings and three test pits made along the line of Section C010a of Huntington Route, between Braddock Road and King Street in Alexandria, Virgina, of the Washington Metropolitan Area Metro system. The purpose of the work was to provide information for the design of surface trackage, overpass structures and King Street Station in this section. The report contains logs of test borings and test pits, results of laboratory tests on undisturbed samples, a continuous geological section along the line of METRO trackage and comments regarding anticipated design and construction problems.

• Corporate Authors:

  Mueser, Rutledge, Wentworth & Johnston

  New York, NY  United States 

  Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

  950 l'Enfant Plaza, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20006
• Publication Date: 1975-3-28

Media Info

• Pagination: 60 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boring; Construction; Exploration; Foundations; Geological surveying; Overpasses; Rock mechanics; Subways
• Geographic Terms: Washington (District of Columbia)
• Old TRIS Terms: Geological explorations; Subsurface explorations; Subway construction; Subway railways
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090846
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MRWJ-75-129
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1975 12:00AM