SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION SECTION C010B, HUNTINGTON ROUTE

Results are presented of 74 test borings made along the line of the METRO trackage in Section C010b of Huntington Route, generally in the City of Alexandria and crossing the Valley of Cameron Run south of the city to Huntington Station in Rose Hill of the Washington Metropolitan Area Metro System. The report contains a continuous geological section along the line of the trackage, logs of the borings, results of tests performed on samples obtained in the borings and a text summarizing anticipated design and construction problems.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, D.C., and De Leuw, Cather and Co., Inc., Washington, D.C.
• Corporate Authors:

  Mueser, Rutlege, Wentworth and Johnston

  415 Madison Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10314

  Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

  600 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  De Leuw, Cather and Company

  165 West Wacker Drive
  Chicago, IL  United States  60601
• Publication Date: 1975-10-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 73 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boring; Construction; Excavation and tunneling; Foundations; General surface features of the earth; Geological events; Geological surveying; Rock mechanics; Routes; Subways; Surveys; Tunneling; Underground structures
• Identifier Terms: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• Geographic Terms: Washington (District of Columbia)
• Old TRIS Terms: Geologic sections; Geological conditions; Subsurface explorations; Subway construction; Subway railways
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00093743
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MRWJ-75-130
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 4 1981 12:00AM