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Transportation Engineering

1988

Earthquakes

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Earthquake Priority Routes For Mclean County, Kentucky, David L. Allen, Vincent P. Drnevich, L. John Fleckenstein, Mostafa Sayedsadr Jul 1988

Earthquake Priority Routes For Mclean County, Kentucky, David L. Allen, Vincent P. Drnevich, L. John Fleckenstein, Mostafa Sayedsadr

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

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Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Of Transportation Facilities, David L. Allen, Vincent P. Drnevich, Mostafa Sayyedsadr, L. John Fleckenstein Jan 1988

Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Of Transportation Facilities, David L. Allen, Vincent P. Drnevich, Mostafa Sayyedsadr, L. John Fleckenstein

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

Concern has grown in recent years, over the seismic activity of the New Madrid seismic zone located in the central United States. Western Kentucky is located in this region. To permit emergency medical, supply, and equipment traffic into this area after an earthquake has occurred, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is interested in the possibility of keeping selected routes passable. This report lists the routes that have been investigated and recommended as being routes that should be maintained in passable conditions. These recommended routes have been visually surveyed and all seismically significant features cataloged. These features are listed in the Appendix. …