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Title: RESEARCH PAYS OFF: TIRE SHREDS SAVE MONEY FOR MAINE
Accession Number: 00789882
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The designers of a new interchange for the Maine Turnpike were faced with weak foundation soils. The site for the 9.8-m-high bridge approach embankments on each side of the turnpike was underlain by up to 12 m of weak marine clay, offering unacceptably low safety factors for slope stability. For a cost effective solution, geotechnical designers turned to the use of tire shreds as lightweight fill. This project was the first to fully implement newly developed guidelines for limiting the heating of thick tire shred fills. Further details are provided in this article.
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Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Humphrey, D NDunn Jr, P AMerfeld, P SPagination: p. 42-44
Publication Date: 2000-1
Serial: Features: Photos
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Safety and Human Factors; I33: Other Materials used in Pavement Layers
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Mar 28 2000 12:00AM
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