DESIGN SECTION D006. ARDMORE ROUTE. SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION

RESULTS OF 9 BORINGS PERFORMED IN SECTION D006 OF THE THEN ARDMORE ROUTE ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, SE BETWEEN SEWARD SQUARE AND 13TH STREET, SE ARE SUMMARIZED. THE PURPOSE OF THE EXPLORATION WAS TO EVALUATE THE CHARACTER OF THE SOILS IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING THE PLANNED TUNNEL OPENINGS AND TO ASCERTAIN IF THE DOMINANT CLAY SOILS WERE UNDERLAIN BY SANDY STRATA. THE REPORT CONTAINS REVISED GEOLOGICAL SECTIONS THROUGH THE BORINGS, LOGS OF THE BORINGS, RESULTS OF LABORATORY TESTS PERFORMED ON UNDISTURBED SOIL SAMPLES AND CONCLUSIONS REGARDING SUBSOIL PROPERTIES. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No MRWJ-71-54
• Corporate Authors:

  Mueser, Rutledge, Wentworth & Johnston

  New York, NY  United States 
• Publication Date: 1971-6-25

Media Info

• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boring; Construction; Laboratory tests; Properties of materials; Records management; Soils; Subsoil; Subways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Soil properties
• Old TRIS Terms: Subway construction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00230267
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 4 1973 12:00AM