VERTICAL DRAINS FOR HIGHWAY EMBANKMENTS IN KANSAS (ABRIDGEMENT)

This article discusses details of an embankment slide that occured in a fill on the first section of Interstate pavement completed in the nation. The fill conditions were determined by direct observation, aerial and ground photographs, vertical boreholes, and horizontal drilling. The use of vertical drains as a corrective measure are described. Water inducement via the holes in the median was investigated through dye tracer studies and the results verified that remote surface water was entering the layer of limestone blocks through rodent burrows. The determinental effects of rodents in establishing, enlarging and maintaining natural holes and cracks should not be overlooked. It is hoped that vertical drains, trees and shrubs will continue to remove the water and maintain a stable slope.

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  • Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Embankments and Earth Slopes and Committee on Subsurface Drainage. 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
• Authors:
  • Clark, Paul C
  • Crumpton, Carl F
  • Gilliland, William J
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 101-103
• Monograph Title: Soil mechanics: rutting in asphalt pavements, embankments on varved clays and foundations
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 616
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boreholes; Drilling; Dyes; Electroosmosis; Fills; Flow; Highways; Limestone; Resistivity method; Rodents; Shrubs; Slope stability; Trees; Water areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Surface waters
• Geographic Terms: Kansas
• Old TRIS Terms: Electroosmotic flow
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163011
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309025958
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM