MOBILE RIVER TUNNEL INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10, MOBILE, ALABAMA

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN OF THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOBILE RIVER TUNNEL ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 IN ALABAMA. THE TUNNEL PROVIDES 4-LANES OF TRAVEL THROUGH TWIN TUBES, WITH THE TWO EASTBOUND LANES PHYSICALLY SEPARATED FROM THOSE ACCOMMODATING WESTBOUND VEHICLES. IT IS A TRENCH-TYPE TUNNEL WITH POURED-IN-PLACE ARCH SECTIONS AT EACH END. THE OVER-ALL LENGTH OF THE TUNNEL FROM GRADE POINT TO GRADE POINT IS 4271 FT, AND THE LENGTH OF THE TUNNEL BETWEEN PORTAL IS 3000 FT. THE VERTICAL ROADWAY CLEARANCE AT THE CURB IS 16 FT 3 IN AND FROM THE CENTER OF THE ROADWAY TO THE TOP OF THE ARCH IS 23 FT. /TRRL/

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• Publication Date: 1971-9-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 330-2
• Serial:
  • Tunnels & Tunnelling International
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Progressive Media Markets, Ltd
  • ISSN: 0041-414X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Structural design; Tunneling; Tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tunnel design
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215729
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 19 1973 12:00AM