LIFT-SLAB VIADUCT IS JACKED UP OVER A BOG

The paper reports that cast on a temporarily stabilized peat bog, the 18-in. -thick slabs, which weigh up to 200 tons each, form a 1,650-ft viaduct on a stretch of highway that runs mostly across marshy terrain. To get the necessary stability required forced settlement of the 60-ft-deep peat layer.

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  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

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• Publication Date: 1977-10-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 6063
• Serial:
  • Engineering News-Record
  • Volume: 199
  • Issue Number: 14
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Construction; Eccentricity; Highway bridges; Marshes; Peat soils; Reinforced concrete; Road construction; Stability (Mechanics); Viaducts
• Old TRIS Terms: Lift slab construction; Marshlands
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173558
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1978 12:00AM