Infrastructure of America's Tunnels
Infrastructure of America's Tunnels

Author: Marcia Amidon Lusted

Publisher: Mitchell Lane

Published: 2019-07-04

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 1545745633

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Infrastructure is something that we use every day, like roads, bridges, and tunnels, but probably never think too much about. However, in the United States, many parts of the country’s infrastructure are old, falling apart, and desperately need repair and upgrading. Tunnels especially are vital to transportation, and extremely dangerous when they collapse. This book explores eight tunnels of different types that are lifelines for transportation in the US, but are now at risk. Whether its Boston’s Big Dig, the twin railroad tunnels under the Hudson River, California’s Hetch Hetchey water system, or a rail tunnel in Baltimore that’s more than 100 years old, these tunnels are very important to the entire country. Without emergency repairs and expansion, these tunnels could fail, with catastrophic results.

Highway Under the Hudson
Highway Under the Hudson

Author: Robert W. Jackson

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2011-12

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0814742998

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Every year, more than thirty-three million vehicles traverse the Holland Tunnel, making their way from Jersey City and Lower Manhattan. From tourists to commuters, many cross the tunnel's 1.6 mile corridor on a daily basis, and yet few know much about this amazing feat of early 20th-century engineering. How was it built, by whom, and at what cost? These and many other questions are answered in Highway under the Hudson, Robert W. Jackson's story about this seminal structure in the history of urban transportation. In this meticulously researched work, Jackson provides the first complete history of the planning, financing and construction of the Holland Tunnel. Dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World" when it opened in 1927, the Holland Tunnel was the longest vehicular tunnel in the world st the time of its construction. In Highway under the Hudson, Jackson explains the economic forces which led to the need for the tunnel, and details the extraordinary political and social politicking that took place on both sides of the Hudson River to enable its construction. He introduces us to important figures in the tunnel's history, such as New Jersey Governor Walter E. Edge, who, more than anyone else, made the dream of a tunnel a reality; George Washington Goethals (builder of the Panama Canal and namesake of the Goethals bridge), the first chief engineer of the project; engineers Ole Singstad, who designed the ventilation system, and Clifford Holland, the chief engineer for whom the tunnel is named; New Jersey Bridge and Tunnel commissioners Thomas Albeus Adams and John F. Boyle, who tried to profit from the tunnel's construction; Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague, who blocked completion of the tunnel until the New York Bridge and Tunnel Commission agreed to pay for street improvements in his city; and the compressed-air workers (called "sandhogs") who risked their lives to build the tunnel. Fully illustrated with more than 50 beautiful photographs and drawings, Jackson's story of the Holland Tunnel is one of great human drama, with heroes and villains, that illustrates how great things are accomplished, and at what price.

Reference Guide to Famous Engineering Landmarks of the World
Reference Guide to Famous Engineering Landmarks of the World

Author: Lawrence Berlow

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-04-22

Total Pages: 570

ISBN-13: 1135932611

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More than 650 landmarks are covered, ranging from ancient monuments such as Stonehenge, to contemporary engineering feats such as the World Trade Center in New York City. The concisely-written entries describe when the landmark was built, who built it, why it was built, its dimensions, how it was constructed, and any problems encountered during construction. Additional features include: numerous photographs; biographies of important builders and designers; glossary; chronology of dates in civil engineering from 3000 BC to the present; listings of tallest buildings, longest bridges, and highest dams, and a geographical index which locates the structures by country.

Roads,Railways,Bridges,Tunnel & Harbour Dock Engineering
Roads,Railways,Bridges,Tunnel & Harbour Dock Engineering

Author: B.L.Gupta & Amit Gupta

Publisher:

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 1060

ISBN-13: 9788180140099

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Part-I: ROAD EN:GINEERING: Introduction * Glossary * History of Development of Highway and Planning * highway Plaining * Highway Economics and Financing * Guiding Principles of Route Selection and Highway Location * Drainage * Highway Materials * Geometric Design * Highway Construction * Hill Roads * Highway Machinery Roads Arboriculture * Traffic Engineering * Highway Failure and Their Maintenance * Pavement Design * Quality Control * Objective Type Questions on Jighways * Solved Problems on Highways. Part-II : RAILWAY ENGINEERING: History of Railways * Railway Track & Track Stresses * Railway Gauges * Rails * Sleepers * Ballast * Foundation and its Drainage * Track Fitting and Fastening Track Alignment & Surveying * Traction and Tractive Resistance * Rolling Stock of Railways * Geometric Design of a Railway Track * Creep * Stations and Yards * Station Equipments * Points, Crossings and Simple Layouts * Signalling & Inter-locking * Level Crossings * Welding of Railways * Long and short Welded Rails * Manual Maintenance of Track * Mechanised Maintenance of Track * Directed Track Maintence * Measured Shovel Packing Track Tolerances * Track Renewal * Accidents * Duties of Permanent Way Officials * Material Management * Objective Type Questions on Railways * Solved Problems on Railways.Part-III: BRIDGE ENGINEERING : Introduction * Bridge Terminology * Investigation and Planning for Bridges * Type of Bridges * General Principles of Design * Sub Structures * Foundations * Super Structures of Arch Designs * Girder Bridges * Low Cost Bridges * Permanent Small Bridges * Bearings * Loads on Bridges * Design of Bridge Foundation * Design of Arch Bridges * Design of Solid R.C.C. Salb Bridges * R.C.C. Girder Bridges * Inspection of Bridges * Maintenance of Bridges * Testing Strengthening of Bridge * Protection and Training Works for Bridges * Objective Type Question on Bridges Engineering.Part-IV: TUNNEL ENGINEERING : General Aspects * Alignment of Tunnels * Drilling * Blasting * Tunneling * Shafts * Ventilation, Lighting and Drainage of Tunnels * Tunnel Lining * Safety in Tunnelling * Objective Type Questions on Tunnel Engineering.Part-V: HARBOUR-DOCK ENGINEERING: Water Transportation and Sea * Terminology * Natural Phenomena- Wind, Wave and Cyclones * Harbours and Ports * Break Water * Docks * Dry or Repair Docks * Locks * Channel, Basin and Berths * Appurtenances of a Harbour * Apron, Transit Sheds and Warehouses * Dredging and Dregers * Navigational Aids * Shore Protection Works. Questions.