EARTHQUAKE HAZARD MITIGATION OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES FOR US 79, US 41A, US 641 AND THE TRACE IN NORTHERN TENNESSEE

Concern has grown in recent years over the seismic activity of the New Madrid seismic zone in Western Kentucky. Northern Tennessee is also located in this region. To permit emergency medical, supply, and equipment traffic into this area after an earthquake has occurred, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is interested in the possibility of keeping selected routes passable. This report lists the routes that have been investigated and recommended as being the routes in Northern Tennessee that should be maintained in a passable condition. The recommended routes, US 79, US 41A, the Trace and US 641, have been visually surveyed and all seismically significant features cataloged. These features are logged by their location on strip maps contained in Appendix A and a detailed listing of all potentially critical features is given in Appendix B.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1989.41
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Kentucky, Lexington

  Kentucky Transportation Center
  College of Engineering, 176 Raymond Building
  Lexington, KY  United States  40506-0281

  Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

  200 Mero Street
  Frankfort, KY  United States  40622

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Fleckenstein, L J
  • Allen, D L
  • Drnevich, V P
• Publication Date: 1989-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 73 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disaster preparedness; Disasters and emergency operations; Earthquakes; Emergency transportation; Maps; Routes; Seismicity; Seismology; Traffic mitigation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency routes; Mitigation; Seismic analysis; Seismic regions
• Geographic Terms: Tennessee
• Old TRIS Terms: Strip maps
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00738910
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: University of Kentucky, Lexington
• Report/Paper Numbers: KTC-89-41
• Contract Numbers: KYHPR-87-116
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 15 1997 12:00AM