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Title: Implementing Geotechnical Innovations on a Major New Mexico Interchange: Time and Cost Savings
Accession Number: 01561517
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: With its initial construction in 1983, New Mexico's Paseo del Norte (PDN) Interchange of Interstate 25 (I-25) offered local access from I-25 in northern Albuquerque for commercial developments and warehouse transfer facilities. Since then, PDN traffic has increased significantly, reaching average daily traffic (ADT) of nearly 71,000 and bringing with it safety issues and traffic congestion. As a result, the City of Albuquerque proposed a reduced major arterial to the PDN interchange to handle peak morning and afternoon traffic. This article details the design-build project, which included a number of geotechnical innovations that were critical to the project's success. The innovative applications included: cone penetrometer testing, spread footing foundations, bentonite slurry drilled shaft construction, Osterberg cell load testing, and geofoam fill for stress reduction.
Language: English
Authors: Meyers, RobertPagination: pp 30-33
Publication Date: 2015-1
Serial: Media Type: Print
Features: Photos
TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I42: Soil Mechanics; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Apr 14 2015 12:26PM
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