BUILDING TALL SEGMENTAL RETAINING WALLS

It is not uncommon today to find dry-stacked concrete unit segmental retaining walls (SRWs) reaching for new heights. Increasing numbers of tall, soil-reinforced SRWs are being built by private owners, state DOTs, and the Corps of Engineers. These tall walls have grown upward from 20 to 30 feet in height, with some walls even exceeding 40 feet.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Public Works Journal Corporation

  200 South Broad Street
  Ridgewood, NJ  United States  07451
• Authors:
  • Nelson, K
• Publication Date: 1997-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 100-102
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 128
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Retaining walls; Segmental construction; Soil stabilization; Structural design; Walls
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00740545
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 23 1997 12:00AM