Research Article
Jan 1966
Grouting Manmade Islands–Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Publication: Journal of the Construction Division
Volume 92, Issue 1
Abstract
The procedure, equipment, materials, and field installation are described for grouting boils that appeared from the chime and screeded gravel under the tube section where the crossing made the transition from tunnel to the open ramp on the manmade sand islands of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Soil conditions and construction procedure of the tube placement and cofferdam construction that made conventional construction dewatering difficult at the face junction are given. Boils were encountered on two of the four islands and were grouted after temporary containment by sand dikes. An inexpensive viscous bentonite-cement-fresh water grout was mixed and pumped with centrifugal pumps. This grout remained plastic after setting yet was retained in the large voids of the pervious soils. The fourth island was grouted before excavation, thus reducing the dewatering difficulties.
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Journal of the Construction Division
Volume 92 • Issue 1 • January 1966
Pages: 37 - 51
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© 1966 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1966
Published online: Feb 11, 2021
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Byron J. Prugh, M.ASCE
Pres., Prugh and Assocs., Inc., Gainesville, Fla.
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