PRECAST SEGMENTED TUNNEL LINING FOR THE MEXICO CITY SUBWAY

The Tacubaya subway tunnels form a link in the Mass Transit System of the Federal District of Mexico. The designers of the tunnel lining and tunnel driving equipment were faced with the problem of driving two subway tunnels 9.0 m outside diameter through water-bearing soil, directly beneath a high speed limited access highway, a main drainage sewer, structures including residences and office buildings, on an alignment curved for 67 per cent of tunnel length, and on grades as high as 7 percent, within a limited budget, with minimum damage to property and disruption to the community.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • North American Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois, 5-7 June 1972.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Institute of Mining, Mettalurgy & Petroleum Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • Chase, A P
• Conference:
  • North American Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois, 5-7 June 1972.
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 439-467
• Serial:
  • Volume: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage; Precast concrete; Rapid transit; Shields (Tunnels); Tunnel lining; Tunneling; Tunnels
• Identifier Terms: Mexico City Metro
• Old TRIS Terms: Tunnel drainage; Tunneling shields
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051290
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 18 1974 12:00AM