CULVERT JACKED BENEATH RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY TO AVOID DISRUPTING TRAFFIC

To avoid disruption of the trunk line of the South African Railways through Durban, a contractor jacked sections of a 26-foot wide box-shaped concrete culvert through the railroad embankment and three highway ramps. This 525-foot storm water culvert is to drain sections of the eight-track rail line and a park which often are inundated by heavy rains. A jacking project of these dimensions had never been attempted in Africa before. Among the problems were the presence of groundwater since the culvert is in sandy clay about a foot below sea level and its top is only about 2 feet below the track. It was also necessary to stabilize unconsolidated earth at one point in the operation.

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  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

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• Publication Date: 1974-11-28

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 20
• Serial:
  • Engineering News-Record
  • Volume: 193
  • Issue Number: 23
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Culverts; Drainage; Embankments; Soil stabilization
• Identifier Terms: Spoornet
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080302
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 1975 12:00AM