A road, railway line, or canal is normally raised onto an embankment made of compacted soil (typically clay or rock-based) to avoid a change in level required by the terrain, the alternatives being either to have an unacceptable change in level or detour to follow a contour. A cutting is used for the same purpose where the land is originally higher than required.
Cream-colored concrete abutment marks a gap in an embankment and gives vertical support to the dark red trestle bridge, and to the fill of the bridge approach embankment. To reduce the metal cost of the bridge here it is further supported by erecting metal piers.
Embankments are often constructed using material obtained from a cutting. Embankments need to be constructed using non-aerated and waterproofed, compacted (or entirely non-porous) material to provide adequate support to the formation and a long-term level surface with stability. An example material for road embankment building is sand-bentonite mixture often used as a protective to protect underground utility cables and pipelines. [1]
Intersection of embankments
To intersect an embankment without a high flyover, a series of tunnels can consist of a section of high tensile strengthviaduct (typically built of brick and/or metal) or pair of facing abutments for a bridge.
^Zakarka, Mindaugas; Skuodis, Šarūnas; Šiupšinskas, Giedrius; Bielskus, Juozas (1 January 2021). "Compressive strength and thermal properties of sand–bentonite mixture". Open Geosciences. 13 (1): 988–998. Bibcode:2021OGeo...13..289Z. doi:10.1515/geo-2020-0289. ISSN 2391-5447.
External links
Federal Highway Administration Design Manual: Deep Mixing for Embankment and Foundation Support Federal Highway Administration
Works cited
Scott, J., Loveridge, F., & O'Brien, A. S. (2007). of climate and vegetation on railway embankments[permanent dead link].
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