Public works . hich has amaximum grade of 11 per cent, and in the first fewmiles north of Glastonbury surmounts a hill 600 or 700 feet high involving heavy cuts and high em-bankments, some of them of as much as 20 feet. The road was built with Federal aid and thehearty co-operation of the Federal and chief engi-neers in testing and examining all materials usedin its construction and in the determination of gradeand the design of foundation and subgrade insuredunusual excellence of design and construction, thelatter being effected by a large organization sup-plied with abundance of high-class e
Public works . hich has amaximum grade of 11 per cent, and in the first fewmiles north of Glastonbury surmounts a hill 600 or 700 feet high involving heavy cuts and high em-bankments, some of them of as much as 20 feet. The road was built with Federal aid and thehearty co-operation of the Federal and chief engi-neers in testing and examining all materials usedin its construction and in the determination of gradeand the design of foundation and subgrade insuredunusual excellence of design and construction, thelatter being effected by a large organization sup-plied with abundance of high-class equipment anddirected by superintendents of proven ability andexperience. The road has a concrete surface 18 feet wide, 8JSinches thick in the center and 6 inches thick at theedges, without reinforcement and with expansionjoints 35 feet apart. On each side is a shoulder 5feet wide. There are eight beam and slab bridgesof 9 to 25 feet span and many pipe culverts withconcrete end walls. The local drainage is cared. CRANE AT COLCHESTER YARD LOADING DIRECTLYINTO A TRUCK STOXE BIN OF THIRTY-FIVK YAULkAT WESTCHESTER PUBLIC WORKS Vol. 52, No, 2
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