REINFORCED EARTH RETAINING WALLS, KANANASKIS COUNTRY, ALBERTA

The Alberta government is establishing the transportation system for the Kananaskis Provincial Park and the Kananaskis Country Wilderness Area. A section of the road passes through a hillside location just above the Highwood River where to meet design criteria cuts would extend to the top of the mountain and fills would encroach on the river. The Highwood River is a valuable fish resource and the hillside meadow is winter range for elk and deer, thus impact on these areas is to be minimized. AESL investigated the feasibility of using reinforced earth retaining wall construction to minimize cut and fill slopes and obtain a better balance for cut and fill. The whole system acts as a gravity structure, can be built with conventional earthwork construction methods and is pleasing in appearance. The paper discusses the planning process and introduces the design principles. Material specifications are described. Construction schedules and minor difficulties encountered during construction are related in some detail. (Author/TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented during the 1982 Roads and Transportation Association of Canada Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 1982.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

  401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada 
• Authors:
  • Solty, G
  • Wu, Peiling
• Publication Date: 1982-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 29 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Construction; Design; Earnings; Earthwork; Excavations; Fills; Mechanically stabilized earth; Retaining walls; Slope stability; Specifications
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Old TRIS Terms: Construction problems
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 3349: Reinforced earth; 3359: Retaining wall; 5783: Slope stability; 177: Specifications
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382376
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM