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The construction of the Alaska Highway has been hailed as a major engineering project of the 20th Century, a century of massive infrastructure development in the United States. The construction was completed in two phases: a pioneer road followed by the construction of an all weather road. While numerous text and film documentaries focus on the soldiers and construction workers and the hardships faced, the project hinged on the efforts of the surveyors and professional engineers who selected routes and designed the roadway without the benefit of detailed reconnaissance, soils data, and hydraulic information. Surveyors and engineers performed their tasks admirably in a hostile environment with the sound of bulldozers at their backs.
The construction of the Alaska Highway has been hailed as a major engineering project of the 20th Century, a century of massive infrastructure development in the United States. The construction was completed in two phases: a pioneer road followed by the construction of an all weather road. While numerous text and film documentaries focus on the soldiers and construction workers and the hardships faced, the project hinged on the efforts of the surveyors and professional engineers who selected routes and designed the roadway without the benefit of detailed reconnaissance, soils data, and hydraulic information. Surveyors and engineers performed their tasks admirably in a hostile environment with the sound of bulldozers at their backs.
Alaska Highway Construction
Connor, Billy G. (author)
World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2005 ; 2005 ; Anchorage, Alaska, United States
2005-07-01
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Hydraulics , Highways and roads , Hydrology , Wastewater management , Construction , International factors , Water distribution systems , Groundwater management , Wetlands , Water resources , Water management , Water supply , Floods , Watersheds , Alaska , Stormwater management , Civil engineering landmarks , Irrigation , Climate change
Alaska highway: its survey and construction
Engineering Index Backfile | 1943
Engineering Index Backfile | 1944
Engineering Index Backfile | 1943
Alaska highway -- Construction activities of public roads administration
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1943
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1944