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Highway Embankment Doubles as Dam

by Shiwendra P. Singh, Civ. Engr.; Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation, Clearfield, Penn.,


Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 1979, Vol. 49, Issue 4, Pg. 80-81


Document Type: Feature article

Abstract:

By slightly modifying the design of a highway and its drainage, Pennsylvania engineers were able to reclaim about 100 acres of former swampland for residential use. Without extra cost to the state transportation department or the Borough of Clearfield, the bypass was redesigned to act as a dam. Thus it holds storm water that formerly flooded the area on the downslope side of the highway.

Subject Headings: Highway and road design | Stormwater management | Highway engineering | Embankment dams | Slopes | Hydraulic design | Highways and roads

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