TIRE FILL STABILIZES ROADWAY, EMBANKMENT

The Benton County, Minnesota Highway Department conducted an experiment to see if scrap tires could be used as roadway fill across a swamp that is underlain with peat and muck. The original construction across the swamp was stable, but subsequent additions to raise the roadway above the rising water in the swamp overloaded the underlying peat and muck and caused an embankment failure. Some of the fill was replaced with shredded automobile tires. This article provides further details of the fill replacement, as well as details about the tires. There have been no signs of weakness and the project is considered a success.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Public Works Journal Corporation

  200 South Broad Street
  Ridgewood, NJ  United States  07451
• Publication Date: 1990-10

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 68
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 121
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Embankments; Fills; Soil stabilization; Swamps; Tires
• Uncontrolled Terms: Stabilization
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment; I33: Other Materials used in Pavement Layers;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00600596
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1990 12:00AM