GEOTECHNICAL CHALLENGES OF I-99 (S.R. 6220) NEAR STATE COLLEGE, PA

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.

Session No. 128

T11. Engineering Geology: In Honor of Professor Edward L. Doheny, PG

Tuesday, 24 October 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 38, No. 7, p.320

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2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

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