SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION, SECTION E-002, GREENBELT ROUTE

Results are presented of 14 test pits made adjacent to the line of Section E002, on U Street and 14th Street N.W. in Northwest Washington, D.C., of the Washington Metropolitan Area Metro System. The purpose of the work was to provide information on the characteristics of existing building foundations for the design of underpinning or building protection in preparation for excavation of the subway in the streets. The report contains sketches illustrating the test pits, results of laboratory tests on hand-cut undisturbed samples, and a discussion of the general subsurface and foundation conditions.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored in part by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 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

  L'Enfant Plaza North Building
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Publication Date: 1975-8-14

Media Info

• Pagination: 32 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building; Construction; Construction projects; Design; Excavation and tunneling; Excavations; Foundations; Geological events; Geological surveying; Laboratory tests; Pits; Rock mechanics; Routes; Soil mechanics; Structural supports; Subways; Surveys; Test holes; Transportation planning; Tunneling; Underground structures
• Identifier Terms: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• Uncontrolled Terms: Underpinning
• Geographic Terms: Washington (District of Columbia)
• Old TRIS Terms: Foundations (Structures); Geological conditions; Subsurface explorations; Subway construction; Subway planning; Subway railways; Test pits
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00093092
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MRWJ-75-138, #14
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 3 1981 12:00AM