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Expressway contractor battles floods to build "conduit roadbed"
Half mile terminating section of Jones Falls expressway in Baltimore, Md, travels above watercourse; work done in 30 ft deep channel; 47 by 18 ft two-and three-celled conduit built; streambed lowered 10-20 ft; total excavation of 58,000 cu yd; wooden flume required 48,000 fbm lumber; flash floods hindered work; dam was washed away; new temporary spillway built.
Expressway contractor battles floods to build "conduit roadbed"
Half mile terminating section of Jones Falls expressway in Baltimore, Md, travels above watercourse; work done in 30 ft deep channel; 47 by 18 ft two-and three-celled conduit built; streambed lowered 10-20 ft; total excavation of 58,000 cu yd; wooden flume required 48,000 fbm lumber; flash floods hindered work; dam was washed away; new temporary spillway built.
Expressway contractor battles floods to build "conduit roadbed"
Roads Streets
Hallstead, W.F. (author)
Roads and Streets ; 101
1958
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Expressway roadbed structure capable of preventing roadbed softening
| European Patent Office | 2020
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| European Patent Office | 2020