BLASTING THE "S" OUT OF INTERSTATE

Construction is now under way to improve 3 1/2 miles of 6-lane I-75 in Covington, Kentucky. The 2 1/2-year project will straighten a notorious S-curve to improve safety on the northbound downhill lanes, and add a climbing lane for southbound trucks. Small two- and three-a-day blasts break up 1.7 million yards of shale and limestone for 120-ft cuts to clear the way for the realignment. Further details of the construction are provided in this article.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company

  275 Washington Street
  Newton, MA  United States  02158-1630
• Authors:
  • Klemens, T L
• Publication Date: 1991-2

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 32-34
• Serial:
  • Highways and Heavy Construction
  • Volume: 134
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0362-0506

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Construction management; Highway curves; Limestone; Presplitting (Blasting); Road construction; Shale
• Identifier Terms: Interstate Highway System
• Uncontrolled Terms: Realignment
• Geographic Terms: Kentucky
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00603576
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1991 12:00AM