R&M performed a geotechnical characterization of the 416-mile haul road route to assess foundation soil conditions. We identified and mapped landform profiles/terrain units along the route centerline; characterized landforms; outlined a strategy for using thaw-strain potentials in thermal analysis of thaw settlement; and identified route conditions, features and concerns of interest for future planning and design. R&M then provided engineering services for the design of the 56-mile segment of highway between Livengood and the Yukon River. This highway initially served as a haul road for the transport of the materials and workers involved in construction of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System.
This 56-mile section of road was constructed in the winter of 1969-70. An additional mile was added after realignment by the State of Alaska at Livengood in 1981.
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