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Iowa road curved through loess bluffs
Equipment and methods used in construction of 3-mi stretch of new road, near Magnolia, Iowa, through loess bluffs; to prevent side erosion in cuts, up to 80 ft deep, vertical slopes and smooth benches on steps were formed with standard grading equipment, with no hand trimming required; special drains placed over steps take care of surface water that cannot be by-passed away from faces of cut; drainage structures.
Iowa road curved through loess bluffs
Equipment and methods used in construction of 3-mi stretch of new road, near Magnolia, Iowa, through loess bluffs; to prevent side erosion in cuts, up to 80 ft deep, vertical slopes and smooth benches on steps were formed with standard grading equipment, with no hand trimming required; special drains placed over steps take care of surface water that cannot be by-passed away from faces of cut; drainage structures.
Iowa road curved through loess bluffs
Eng News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 125
1940
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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