| 2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006) | |
| Paper No. 128-12 | |
| Presentation Time: 10:45 AM-11:00 AM | ||
GEOTECHNICAL CHALLENGES OF I-99 (S.R. 6220) NEAR STATE COLLEGE, PA | ||
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CHIA-CALABRIA, Catherine, McCormick Taylor, 2001 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, cchiacalabria@mccormicktaylor.com Steeply sloping bedrock, rock ledges, karst related solution features, soil corrosive of steel and concrete, and compressible fine-grained highly plastic soil were among the challenges faced by engineers for the I-99 Interstate Highway near State College Pennsylvania. Structural engineers collaborate with geologists and geotechnical engineers to meet design and construction challenges for bridge foundations. | ||
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2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
General Information for this Meeting | ||
| Session No. 128 Engineering Geology: In Honor of Professor Edward L. Doheny, PG Pennsylvania Convention Center: 113 C 8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, 24 October 2006 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 320 | ||
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