EARTHQUAKE HAZARD MITIGATION OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES FOR MCLEAN COUNTY

Concern has grown in recent years over the seismic activity of the New Madrid seismic zone in Western Kentucky. McLean County, Kentucky is located in this region. To permit emergency medical, supply, and equipment traffic into this area after an earthquake has occurred, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is interested in the possibility of keeping selected routes passable. This report lists the route that has been investigated and recommended as being the route in McLean County that should be maintained in passable condition. The recommended route, KY 136, has been visually surveyed and all seismically significant features cataloged. These features are logged by their location on strip maps contained in Appendix A and a detailed listing of all potentially critical features is given in Appendix B.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1989.04
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Kentucky, Lexington

  College of Engineering, 176 Raymond Building
  Lexington, KY  United States  40506

  Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

  200 Mero Street
  Frankfort, KY  United States  40622

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Fleckenstein, L J
  • Allen, D L
  • Drnevich, V P
• Publication Date: 1989-3

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 25 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Dams; Disaster preparedness; Disasters and emergency operations; Earthquakes; Embankments; Flexible pavements; Highways; Mapping; Pipelines; Seismicity; Surveying; Traffic mitigation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mitigation; Seismic regions
• Geographic Terms: Kentucky
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Pipelines; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I40: Soils and Rocks; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00486062
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: KTC-89-4
• Contract Numbers: KYHPR-87-116
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1989 12:00AM