MONEY-SAVING TUNNEL JACKING LEAVES RAILROAD UNDISTURBED

The paper reports how with excavation advancing immediately ahead of them, tunneling crews jacked a 6-lane highway tunnel forward into position beneath a four-track rail line without disrupting rail traffic.

• Corporate Authors:

  Conover-Mast Publications, Incorporated

  205 East 42nd Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • Pedersen, A A
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 61-63
• Serial:
  • Construction Equipment and Materials
  • Volume: 58
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Conover-Mast Publications, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Costs; Highways; Hydraulic jacks; Jacks (Mechanical equipment); Railroad grade crossings; Railroads; Savings; Tunneling; Underpasses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs; Jacking
• Old TRIS Terms: Grade crossing separations
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Finance; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00138304
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 3 1976 12:00AM