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Cameron Run Tunnel

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Service:
Design, project management and site supervision
Estimated cost: Commencement:
April 29, 1999
Completion date:
December 30, 2001
Location:
Alexandria, VA
United States
Technical data:

Seven 20 ft (6 m) diameter x 200 ft (61 m) long storm water relief tunnels, running through railroad embankment with active train traffic. Removed worst deformations in original steel plate linings with hydraulic expander, re-lined tunnels with steel beams and sprayed 6 inch (150 mm) shotcrete lining.

Geology description:

Railway embankment fill consisting of silt with sand, clayey sand and silty sand.

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Bid cost: Final cost:
$3,800,000
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Gerstgrasser Otto
Finished Tunnel Portal
Lining Expander
Invert of Completed Tunnel
Installed Steel Sets
Kurts test Baustellenschild
Expander Arm
Shotcreting of Final lining
Expander on the wheel loader
Expander
Steel Sets
Tunnel Portal after Rehabilitation
SMP, Surface Monitoring Point
SSMP, Shallow Subsurface Monitoring Point
Expander and installed steel sets
Rehabilitated tunnels
Upstream View of Tunnels prior to Rehabilitation
Tunnel prior to Rehabilitation with Timber Support
Trapped Debris due to Bracing
Temporary Dam during Construction to divert Flow
Lining Plate Expander
Lining Plate Expander moving Liner Plates back into Position
200 Tons Hydraulic Jack pushing Steel Lining Plate
Smooth Shotcrete Lining to provide better hydraulic Conditions
Monitoring Data
Upstream View of completed Tunnel Rehabilitation