Case Study

Wabush Mines - Jean River Crossing

Wabush Mines - Jean River Crossing

Y ear: Technology: 2013 Micropiles The Jean River Crossing provides access via roadway and railway to the Wabush Mine in Labrador. The crossing is an 11 metre high fill embankment intersected by twin 6 metre diameter corrugated steel plate culverts that pass the river’s flow beneath. Heavy deformation of the culverts necessitated the undertaking of a load reduc- tion program in the form of bridges—one roadway and two railways—spanning the

Join for free to read