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Abstract: The Mont Royal Tunnel (MRT) is a railway tunnel in operation since 1918, third longest in Canada, which connects Montreal's Central Station (Gare Centrale), located Downtown Montreal, with the north side of the Island of Montreal and Laval, passing through Mount Royal. A new LRT project will use this existing double-track horseshoe tunnel (approximately 5060 m long, 9.6 m wide and 4.4 m high,...
Abstract: The South Hartford Conveyance and Storage Tunnel (SHCST) is a major component of the Hartford Metropolitan District’s Clean Water Project (CWP). This tunnel is intended to capture and store Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) from the southern portion of Hartford, CT and Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO) from West Hartford and Newington, CT. The project is estimated to cost approximately $500 MM and...
Abstract: The Southwest Light Rail Transit (LRT) (METRO Green Line Extension) Project is a proposed extension of the METRO Green Line (Central Corridor LRT) that would operate from downtown Minneapolis through the communities of St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka, and Eden Prairie, passing in close proximity to Edina. The proposed alignment includes 16 new stations (including one that has been deferred...
Abstract: This paper discusses the use of numerical modeling for optimization of tunnel rehabilitation scheme to improve the clearance of the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore, MD. With a total length of approximately 8,700 feet, the Howard Street Tunnel consists of three sections: concrete box section, original cut-and-cover section, and original mined section. The Howard Street Tunnel currently has a...