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Aug 1971
Atlanta's Instant Runway
Publication: Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 97, Issue 3
Abstract
Operators of existing airports, are keenly aware of the necessity for maintaining and improving their present facilities with minimum interruption of operations. Atlanta's unprecedented instant runway is a successful accomplishment in this direction. A 10,000-ft-long, 150-ft-wide runway, parallel taxiway, and related exits were removed and replaced in just 40 calendar days. The old runway, 9-in. concrete pavement over 6-in. stone subbase, was removed and replaced with 16 in.–20 in of concrete pavement, over 6 in. of compacted aggregate subbase, and 6 in. of cement stabilized subgrade soil. The new section also included a longitudinal and herringbone underdrain system. Modern auto-sensing slip form pavers rolled day and night, taking dump trucks of concrete and stacks of wire mesh to produce 16 in. of pavement 25 ft wide standing alone.
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Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 97 • Issue 3 • August 1971
Pages: 491 - 500
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© 1971 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Aug 1971
Published online: Feb 5, 2021
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Robert W. Richards, F.ASCE
Project Manager, Atlanta Airport Engr., A Joint Venture of Howard, Needles, Tarnmen&Bergendoff and Robert and Company Assoc., Atlanta, Ga.
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