Railroad Lowers Floor of 150-Year-Old Vermont Tunnel
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Bibliographic record
Abstract
A unique underpinning design and a carefully calibrated construction schedule are key elements in an ambitious and challenging project under the streets of Burlington, Vermont. To accommodate modern, stacked freight cars that cross Vermont on their way between Massachusetts and Canada, the state transportation agency has undertaken to lower railroad tracks by two and a half feet in a narrow rail tunnel underneath Bellows Falls, Vermont. Built in 1851 of stone arch construction, it provides approximately 14 feet of vertical clearance. It is 280 feet long and 12 feet wide, which leaves only three or four inches on either side for modern trains. The tunnel has been excavated and underpinned twice before, in the 1890s and again in 1970. This time, a new underpinning system was installed, using two different designs. Details are given, along with a schematic drawing. Work had to be done around the two freight trains and two Amtrak passenger trains that pass through each day. Geotechnical conditions required constant monitoring for stability. A final three-day work session was required to complete excavation of the tunnel and installation of new continuous steel tracks.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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