REINFORCED EARTH BRIDGES HIGHWAY SINKHOLE

Faced with an unusual sinkhole conditions, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation decided to utilize a two-way reinforced earth slab in conjunction with a subsurface grouting program to stabilize a roadbed area. The reinforced earth slab proved to be less expensive and quicker to construct than a comparable concrete slab. Although the earth slab was designed to bridge a 50 ft (15.5 m) void, the grouting program would inhibit such a large void from forming. Extensive subsurface exploration including development of an electronic resistivity profile, indicated conventional bridge structures could not be supported. Specially designed settlement and strain gages will monitor the slab's activity after construction. /CE-ASCE/

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Steiner, R S
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 54-56
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geological surveying; Grouting; Mechanically stabilized earth; Monitoring; Pavement subgrade; Sinkholes; Soil stabilization; Strain gages
• Uncontrolled Terms: Stabilization
• Old TRIS Terms: Bridging; Subsurface explorations
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126478
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 16 1975 12:00AM