NEBRASKA GEOLOGY AND HIGHWAY ENGINEERING PROCEDURES

SOILS OF RECENT AGE AND ALSO THE OLDER BEDROCK AS ENCOUNTERED EITHER IN THE SURFACE OR SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATIONS FOR HIGHWAY ENGINEERING IN NEBRASKA ARE DESCRIBED. THE SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE DEPOSITS OF NEBRASKA ARE COMPOSED OF THIN TO MASSIVE UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENTS OF RECENT AND PLEISTOCENE AGE, WHICH ARE UNDER-LAIN BY THE OLDER SEDIMENTARY BEDROCK OF TERTIARY, CRETACEOUS, PERMAIN AND PENNSYLVANIAN AGE. PROBLEMS DEALING WITH THESE DIFFERENT GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS ARE EXAMINED IN THEIR RELATION TO HIGHWAY ENGINEERING DESIGN. PROCEDURES, TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT USED BY THE NEBRASKA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IN OBTAINING SAMPLES AND INFORMATION ARE DISCUSSED. WITH THE CONTINUING HIGH COST OF RIGHT-OF-WAY, IT IS BECOMING EVIDENT THAT HIGHWAYS IN THE FUTURE WILL BE ALIGNED ON LESS DESIRABLE SOILS THAN IN THE PAST.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Pp54-65, 7 FIG, 6 REF
• Authors:
  • Eversoll, D A
  • Burchett, R
• Conference:
  • Highway Geology Sumposium, Iowa State U
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bedrock; Costs; General surface features of the earth; Geological surveying; Geology; Highway engineering; Property acquisition; Right of way (Land); Sedimentary rocks; Sediments
• Old TRIS Terms: Geologic formations; Geology (Soils); Subsurface explorations; Unconsolidated sediments
• Subject Areas: Finance; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00229634
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 2004 1:50AM