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Title:

PROTOTYPE TURBIDITY CURTAIN FOR THE WESTWAY HIGHWAY

Accession Number:

00495515

Record Type:

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Abstract:

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) was involved in selecting geotextiles to be used in a turbidity curtain being designed by consulting engineers for the NYSDOT proposed replacement of the West Side Highway in New York City. The proposed designs involved dredging material from the Hudson River and constructing an embankment in the river over an approximate length of 4.5 km (2.8 mi), extending approximately 183 m (600 ft) into the river. The project's Water Quality Certificate required that turbidity curtains be placed along the U.S. Pierhead line, totally isolating the areas of dredging and filling operations. It was determined that a turbidity curtain of the depth required to comply with the Water Quality Certificate had never been constructed in a tidal estuary. It was therefore decided to develop a laboratory test program followed by the on-site installation of a 180-m (600-ft) long prototype turbidity curtain. Both programs were aimed at supplying data to be used in the design of the actual turbidity curtain. Details of the testing program, design considerations, and conclusions reached from the prototype installation are given. Because of environmental concerns, however, this project was not constructed.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1248, Geosynthetics, Geomembranes, and Silt Curtains in Transportation Facilities. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01407212

Authors:

Suits, L D
MINNITTI, A

Pagination:

p. 53-56

Publication Date:

1989

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1248
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309049687

Features:

Photos (4) ; References (3)

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Bridges and other structures; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; I35: Miscellaneous Materials

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jul 31 1990 12:00AM

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