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The sheer excitement of it all... Eddie & Mike have dug up a hu-man skull... an everyday story of country folk... Straw Dogs more like...Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghost View PostThe sheer excitement of it all... Eddie & Mike have dug up a hu-man skull... an everyday story of country folk... Straw Dogs more like...
I've spent a large part of the day reading The Motorway Archive: The online encyclopaedia of UK motorway heritage.
Specimen of the text:
-- The Mid-Wirral Motorway M53
The works commenced in July 1969 and included the construction of four interchanges at Moreton, Woodchurch, Clatterbrige and Hooton, along its 9 mile length.
The site investigations along the route had shown predominantly Glacial Boulder Clay overlying Pebble Beds and Bunter Sandstone with some Keuper Marl at the northern end. Low-lying ground in the Fender Valley has deposits of soft peaty clay and silt up to 25 feet thick.
It was recognised at the design stage that, for a length of one mile between Upton Road and Woodchurch, the soil was low-quality alluvium of considerable depth and that special requirements should be specified. These included pre-drainage, the restriction of heavy plant, dry-weather operations only, and the use of selected materials. All material, whether in cuttings or under future embankments was removed for 2 feet 6 inches below formation level and replaced with rock layers.
In the areas of severed land inside the loops of the Moreton Spur connecting roads, the Contractor excavated borrow pits which were reinstated with unsuitable material.
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostYou want excitement?
I've spent a large part of the day reading The Motorway Archive: The online encyclopaedia of UK motorway heritage.
Specimen of the text:
-- The Mid-Wirral Motorway M53
The works commenced in July 1969 and included the construction of four interchanges at Moreton, Woodchurch, Clatterbrige and Hooton, along its 9 mile length.
The site investigations along the route had shown predominantly Glacial Boulder Clay overlying Pebble Beds and Bunter Sandstone with some Keuper Marl at the northern end. Low-lying ground in the Fender Valley has deposits of soft peaty clay and silt up to 25 feet thick.
It was recognised at the design stage that, for a length of one mile between Upton Road and Woodchurch, the soil was low-quality alluvium of considerable depth and that special requirements should be specified. These included pre-drainage, the restriction of heavy plant, dry-weather operations only, and the use of selected materials. All material, whether in cuttings or under future embankments was removed for 2 feet 6 inches below formation level and replaced with rock layers.
In the areas of severed land inside the loops of the Moreton Spur connecting roads, the Contractor excavated borrow pits which were reinstated with unsuitable material.
Bazza gets caught
Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
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Originally posted by RichardCranium View PostHello, everybody peeps.
Wavey wave.
Assuming there's anybody here, of course.Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghost View PostBazza gets caught
Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
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