Location
New York, New York
Date
15 Apr 2004, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Abstract
Erskine Street Interchange is a new roadway interchange constructed in Brooklyn, New York in 2002. Challenges addressed in construction of the interchange included poor foundation conditions, such as the presence of hydraulic sand fill, a weak cohesive deposit, an approximately 30-year old municipal waste landfill beneath portions of the abutment ramps, and the presence of one of the most important commuter roadways in Brooklyn and Queens, the Belt Parkway, immediately adjacent to the construction site. How these challenges are addressed in the final design and construction of the Erskine Street Interchange will be discussed. The design consists of on grade ramps approaching a pile supported abutment. A ground improvement program, including deep dynamic compact, soil surcharge and use of geogrids was implemented. The quality control measures used to verify soil performance and protect the adjacent parkway, and long term monitoring and performance of the embankments will also be addressed.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
5th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2004 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Biesiadecki, Gregory and Porciello, Diane, "Erskine Street Interchange" (2004). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 16.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/5icchge/session08/16
Erskine Street Interchange
New York, New York
Erskine Street Interchange is a new roadway interchange constructed in Brooklyn, New York in 2002. Challenges addressed in construction of the interchange included poor foundation conditions, such as the presence of hydraulic sand fill, a weak cohesive deposit, an approximately 30-year old municipal waste landfill beneath portions of the abutment ramps, and the presence of one of the most important commuter roadways in Brooklyn and Queens, the Belt Parkway, immediately adjacent to the construction site. How these challenges are addressed in the final design and construction of the Erskine Street Interchange will be discussed. The design consists of on grade ramps approaching a pile supported abutment. A ground improvement program, including deep dynamic compact, soil surcharge and use of geogrids was implemented. The quality control measures used to verify soil performance and protect the adjacent parkway, and long term monitoring and performance of the embankments will also be addressed.
