FREQUENT BLASTS MEET LOCAL SPECS

During construction of a $40.2 million section of I-565 last year in Huntsville, Alabama, workers uncovered a 500 ft by 300 ft by 25 ft deep deposit of hard limestone in one highway cut. The project is very close to residential areas, and local laws strictly limit blasting. To comply and still keep production high, the contractor made frequent small shots. Details of the drill and blast operations are provided in this article. Two inserts with this article describe the "smokeless" on-site trash burning pit and the Cat 245 backhoe excavator being used for loading trucks at the borrow pit.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company

  275 Washington Street
  Newton, MA  United States  02158-1630
• Authors:
  • Klemens, T L
• Publication Date: 1990-3

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 48-50
• Serial:
  • Highways and Heavy Construction
  • Volume: 133
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0362-0506

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Excavating equipment; Limestone; Presplitting (Blasting); Road construction; Rock excavation
• Old TRIS Terms: Burning pits
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491755
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM