Truncated base mechanically stabilized earth walls are the MSE walls with narrow base excavation length and steep excavation slope designed to save construction cost while pushing the technological envelope of geosynthetic reinforcement development. A wall with truncated geometry of a narrow base length and steep excavation slope can significantly increase its base bearing pressure.
The replacement of the CDOT Region 1 Twin Bridge over Smith Road and Union Pacific Rail Road (UPRR) on I-70 provided an excellent opportunity for the performance evaluation of GRS (geosynthetically reinforced soils) abutment. The performance of the GRS abutment was measured using SAA (shape accel array) for lateral deformation and vertical settlement measurement, Geokon 4810 for horizontal earth pressure, 4800 for vertical earth pressure, 4420 for separation measurement between abutment and top of sheet pile wall, 4150 for strain of anchor rod, and optic fiber for geosynthetic strain measurement.
