SHOT ROCK MOVED UPHILL

End dumps and scrapers were combined to move more than 1.5 million cu yd of dirt and shot rock uphill for a relocation of U.S. 26 near Mitchell, Oregon. About 75% of that material consisted of either a hard, lava-like basalt or an underlying mudflow-type of cemented conglomerate. This article provides further details on the project, including drilling and blasting operations, rock excavation, and production data.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company

  275 Washington Street
  Newton, MA  United States  02158-1630
• Authors:
  • Munn, W D
• Publication Date: 1991-11

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 44-45
• Serial:
  • Highways and Heavy Construction
  • Volume: 134
  • Issue Number: 13
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0362-0506

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drilling; Earthwork; Highways; Presplitting (Blasting); Productivity; Relocation (Facilities); Road construction; Rock excavation
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00616523
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1991 12:00AM