Results are summarized of 21 borings made along the running track of the Washington Metropolitan Area Metro system in Section A017 and the Shady Grove Yard of Section A016a generally following the line of the B and O Railroad from planned Rockville Station to Shady Grove Station in the community of Rockville, Maryland. The investigation was made as part of general plan studies in the northern portion of the Rockville Route. The report contains a continuous geological section along the centerline of outbound track, an additional section within Shady Grove Yard, logs of the group of supplementary borings, results of laboratory tests on soil samples obtained and conclusions regarding anticipated design and construction problems.
Subsurface Investigations, Sections A016a and A017, Rockville Route
1974
34 pages
Report
No indication
English
Road Transportation , Geology & Geophysics , Civil Engineering , Subway railways , District of Columbia , Routes , Subsurface investigations , Foundations , Rock mechanics , Tunneling(Excavation) , Subsurface structures , Boring , Soil mechanics , Urban transportation , Mass transportation , Urban planning , Rockville route , Foundation engineering , Design section A016a , Design section A017