Heavy duty pavement, designed to resist subsidence; use of vertical sand drains expedite stabilization; repairs and strengthening of existing pavement and addition of 7000×200 ft taxiway; since runway is only 10 1/2 ft above datum, drainage with 40,000 ft of plain or perforated corrugated metal pipe of 6 or 8-in. diam was provided; test runway led to pavement of 6-in. compacted subbase, 5-in. macadam, 2-in. asphaltic concrete course, and 1 1\2 in. asphaltic concrete surface course.
New runway for Newark airport
Roads Streets
Roads and Streets ; 96 , n 2
1953
7 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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