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/
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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
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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