BOTH SIDES HAVE NOVEL APPROACHES AND INTERCHANGES OF IDEAS

The article looks at the reconstruction work taking place on the major approaches and interchanges at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge replacement project in Maryland and Virginia. It discusses various components of the project which involves rebuilding in an unstable soil environment in one of the busiest corridors in the U.S. The article mentions different trench-digging techniques, the difficulties of dealing with an infrastructure from the 1800s, the use of geofoam blocks for settlement in embankments, and a transparent epoxy-coated glass sound wall that is three times the cost of traditional sound walls.

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• Corporate Authors:

  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

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  New York, NY  United States  10036
• Authors:
  • Cho, Aileen
• Publication Date: 2005-1-31

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 28-29
• Serial:
  • ENR
  • Volume: 254
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge approaches; Embankments; Interchanges; Soil stabilization
• Identifier Terms: Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00986953
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 2 2005 12:00AM