SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION, SECTION A013, ROCKVILLE ROUTE

Results are summarized of 65 test borings made at the locations of aerial structure piers and cut-and-cover construction in Section A013 of Rockville Route, generally following Rockville Pike north of the Capital Beltway in Montgomery County, Maryland, of the Washington Metropolitan Area Metro system. The report includes a continuous geological section along the centerline of the METRO structures through the test borings, logs of these borings, results of laboratory tests on soil samples and comments on potential design and construction problems.

• Corporate Authors:

  Meuser, 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: 1975-2-28

Media Info

• Pagination: 87 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boring; Construction; Cut and cover tunneling; Excavation and tunneling; Exploration; Foundations; Geological events; Geological surveying; Rapid transit; Rock mechanics; Sampling; Soils; Subways; Suspended structures
• Identifier Terms: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• Geographic Terms: Washington (District of Columbia)
• Old TRIS Terms: Aerial structures; Geological conditions; Geological explorations; Soil sampling; Subsurface explorations; Subway construction; Subway railways
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090847
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: WRWJ-75-127
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1981 12:00AM