APPLICATION: To improve traffic flow, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) funded projects to expand SR-76 from two lanes to four. One segment of this route required excavating 1.5 million cubic yards of material from cuts to fills. Temporary bridge abutments were required during the expansion in order to keep the project on schedule. THE CHALLENGE: Most of the fill movement involved crossing SR-76 with large, off-road ha

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