Construction of airport some 15 mi north of central business district is described; when opened, early in 1967, airport will have two nonintersecting runways, each having two parallel taxiways, and aprons sufficient to serve initial 35-gate positions connected to two terminals; paper deals with sub-grade, sub-base, paving and drainage features; runways are 8000 and 9400 ft long; airfield pavements are designed for largest commercial aircraft, ranging somewhere between 350,000 to 400,000 lb, and are designed to accommodate planned supersonic transports with lesser factor of safety.
Engineered construction at Houston intercontinental airport
ASCE Transportation Eng Conf -- Prepr
ASCE Transportation Engineering Conference ; 1965 Houston, Tex.
1965
22 pages
Conference paper
English
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