摘要: |
The northern part of a highway interchange project in the Middle East is adjacent to a developing industrial park; a densely populated city is located to the west of the jobsite, and a planned residential area is to the east. Before construction, the roads in this area were always congested. An interchange was needed to lighten the traffic loading from north to south on the existing highway and connect the urban areas on the east and west sides of the highway. But because the elevation of the east and west sides of the jobsite are 33 feet (10 m) higher than the existing highway, the site needed a series of 10 to 33 foot (3 to 10 m) high mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls to gradually lower the elevation of the road and connect it to the highway. Contractors engaged ACE Geosynthetics Inc. to provide materials for the MSE walls. |