LANDOVER METROBUS GARAGE FACILITY; SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION

Results are summarized herein of 36 test borings made at the site of the planned Landover Metrobus Garage Facility which is located adjacent to Pennsy Drive, approximately 1500 feet northeast of the existing Landover Metro station in Prince Georges County, Maryland. The report includes a group of geologic sections at the location of the planned bus garage structure and bus parking lot. Also included are logs of the test borings, results of laboratory tests on soil samples and comments on potential design and construction problems.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Deleuw, Cather and Co., Washington, DC.
• Corporate Authors:

  Mueser, Rutledge, Johnston and DeSimone

  415 Madison Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10017

  Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

  600 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Publication Date: 1981-6-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 53 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boring; Buses; Construction; Design; Foundations; Garages; General surface features of the earth; Geological surveying; Geophysical prospecting; Maintenance facilities; Properties of materials; Rapid transit; Soil tests; Soils; Surveying; Surveying; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• Uncontrolled Terms: Soil properties
• Old TRIS Terms: Construction problems; Geologic sections; Geophysical surveys; Rapid transit railways; Subsurface explorations
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Geotechnology; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00344082
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MRJD-81-174, Report No. 9
• Contract Numbers: WMATA-3Z725S
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1982 12:00AM