Date
08 May 1984, 10:15 am - 5:00 pm
Abstract
In 1965 and 1966, a 3,500’ long, hydraulically-placed, highway embankment was constructed over the very soft lakebed deposits of Lake Monona. The compressible deposits, which ranged in thickness from 40’ to 80’, included marl, organic silt and silty clay. An incipient shear failure occurred near the end of the 1965 construction season, necessitating embankment design and construction modifications. Pertinent slope stability and settlement data are summarized, as are time dependent changes in in-situ subsoil parameters. Measured settlements, which currently range from 3’ to more than 12’, agree well with basic consolidation theory and engineering predictions formulated at project inception. General observations with respect to design, construction and overall performance of the causeway embankment are also provided.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
1st Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1984 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
Warzyn, W. W. and Stoll, C. A., "Lake Monona Causeway - Madison, Wisconsin, USA" (1984). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 20.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/1icchge/1icchge-theme3/20
Lake Monona Causeway - Madison, Wisconsin, USA
In 1965 and 1966, a 3,500’ long, hydraulically-placed, highway embankment was constructed over the very soft lakebed deposits of Lake Monona. The compressible deposits, which ranged in thickness from 40’ to 80’, included marl, organic silt and silty clay. An incipient shear failure occurred near the end of the 1965 construction season, necessitating embankment design and construction modifications. Pertinent slope stability and settlement data are summarized, as are time dependent changes in in-situ subsoil parameters. Measured settlements, which currently range from 3’ to more than 12’, agree well with basic consolidation theory and engineering predictions formulated at project inception. General observations with respect to design, construction and overall performance of the causeway embankment are also provided.
