ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN THE CARIBBEAN

Details are given of the 14.1-mile main highway under construction between Chaguanas and San Fernando in Trinidad. It will provide two 24-ft pavements, 15 steel and reinforced concrete bridges and four underpasses, and seven miles of frontage roads. The works include earthworks, drainage, sub-base, bridges and culverts for both pavements, and the gravel base and asphaltic concrete for one pavements only. Mention is made of the soil along the route, earthmoving and compaction equipment. /IRRD/

• Corporate Authors:

  Carriers Publishing Company Limited

  London SW11,   England 
• Authors:
  • Bowden, K S
• Publication Date: 1971-9

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 319-320
• Serial:
  • Roads and Road Construction
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue Number: 585

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt concrete; Base course (Pavements); Construction equipment; Culverts; Drainage; Earthwork; Frontage roads; Gravel; Metal bridges; Reinforced concrete bridges; Road construction; Social impacts; Soils; Steel bridges; Subbase (Pavements); Underpasses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Soil conditions; Subbase
• Old TRIS Terms: Community consequences
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081809
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1975 12:00AM