SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION, SECTION G001, ADDISON ROUTE

Results are summarized of three supplementary test borings made for the investigation of subsoil conditions in Section G001 of Addison Route at the crossing of the planned METRO tunnels beneath the Penn Central Railroad trackage near the intersection of Benning Road and Interstate 295 of the Washington Metropolitan Area Metro system. The report contains a section across the METRO tunnels which incorporates boring and laboratory test information, logs of the supplementary test borings, and a text commenting on subsurface conditions.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with De Leuw, Cather and Co., Inc., Washington, D.C.
• 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

  De Leuw, Cather and Company, Incorporated

  1030 15th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Publication Date: 1975-1-30

Media Info

• Pagination: 20 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boring; City planning; Excavation and tunneling; Foundations; General surface features of the earth; Geological surveying; Laboratory tests; Public transit; Records management; Rock mechanics; Routes; Soil mechanics; Soil tests; Subsoil; Subways; Transportation planning; Underground structures; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Washington (District of Columbia)
• Old TRIS Terms: Geologic sections; Subsurface explorations; Subway planning; Subway railways
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090984
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MRWJ-75-124, No. 4
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1975 12:00AM