The geotechnical works for the construction of the Travis Brow link road, Stockport, UK
The geotechnical works for the construction of the Travis Brow link road, Stockport, UK
The Travis Brow to A6 link road created a new highway connection in Stockport. The construction of the two-lane dual carriageway required the implementation of a variety of geotechnical construction techniques, including soil nailing, contiguous pile walls and the installation of prestressed rock anchors with hard facing to support the rock beneath the foundations of two piers of the Grade II* listed Stockport viaduct, which carries the West Coast main line rail service. This paper describes the design and construction of the geotechnical works carried out for the scheme, focussing particularly on the undercutting of the viaduct footings, which was carried out following a staged construction sequence, with excavation works carried out in bays both horizontally and vertically. The results of rock anchor testing are also discussed.
Alan Willoner; L. Allievi
18th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ECSMGE2024)
D - Current and new construction methods
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