THIN DIVIDER KEEPS TUNNELS UNITED

The paper reports how by using a narrow, 5-ft-thick pillar to separate excavation of parallel subway tunnels in soft earth 52 ft below street level paid off for designers challenged by tight working space in Atlanta. Earth wall between bores is reported to resist cave-in or blowout.

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  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

  330 West 42nd Street
  New York, NY  United States  10036
• Publication Date: 1980-8

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 60
• Serial:
  • Engineering News-Record
  • Volume: 205
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Columns; Construction; Excavation and tunneling; Excavations; Railroads; Structural design; Subways; Tunneling; Tunnels; Walls
• Identifier Terms: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tunnel design
• Old TRIS Terms: Dividers; Subway construction; Tunnel excavation; Tunnels and tunneling
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; Public Transportation; Railroads; I25: Design of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00329519
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 18 1981 12:00AM