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.


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    Title :

    Engineered construction at Houston intercontinental airport


    Additional title:

    ASCE Transportation Eng Conf -- Prepr


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    ASCE Transportation Engineering Conference ; 1965 Houston, Tex.



    Publication date :

    1965


    Size :

    22 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



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