IMPACTS OF 1993 UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN FLOODS ON HIGHWAY SYSTEMS
An investigation of the primary and secondary highway infrastructure in the Upper Mississippi River Basin was conducted to determine the modes and mechanisms of damage caused by the 1993 flooding. Several modes of failure observed are presented. Dramatic examples of scour in sites of highway embankment breaches, scour at bridge abutments on broad floodplains, and scour in rock are presented. Flow over embankments damaged highway embankments and long reaches of highway shoulder and pavement. Slope and embankment failures were caused also by saturation of fill and slope materials and by groundwater effects. Debris transported by floodwater accumulated on secondary roadway bridges substructures, causing catastrophic collapse of structures.
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- This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1483, 1993 Midwest Floods and Water Quality Best Management Practices. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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Authors:
- Hagerty, D J
- Parola, A C
- Fenske, T E
- Publication Date: 1995
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Photos; References;
- Pagination: p. 32-37
- Monograph Title: 1993 Midwest floods and water quality best management practices
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 1483
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridges; Collapse; Debris removal; Defects; Embankments; Erosion; Failure; Flood damage; Highways; Pavements; Scour; Slope failure
- Identifier Terms: Mississippi River Basin flood, 1993
- Uncontrolled Terms: Debris; Highway damage; Pavement damage
- Old TRIS Terms: Erosion damage; Failure mode
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Pavements; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00713556
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Nov 16 1995 12:00AM