Shallow foundations for highway structures
By: Harvey E. Wahls ; research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration.
Contributors: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.; United States. Federal Highway Administration.; National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.
Series: Synthesis of highway practice / National Cooperative Highway Research Program,; 107; Synthesis of highway practice ;; 107.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Roads -- Foundations.; Bridges -- Foundations and piers.; Retaining walls.; Culverts.; Roads -- Safety measures.
Description: This report, which encourages consideration and greater utilization of shallow foundations for highway structures, examines current practices of transportation agencies that make significant use of shallow foundations. Procedures that are not commonly used by transportation agencies but are regarded within the current state-of-the-art of foundation engineering are identified and practices related to bridge foundations are emphasized. Performance criteria for bridge foundations are reviewed in the light of recent studies of performance in relation to foundation movements and compared with criteria for buildings. Case histories are presented to illustrate the potential cost differential between shallow and deep foundations.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 37-38.
"December 1983."