CONSIDERATIONS ON AN EXPERIMENTAL EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTED ON COMPRESSIBLE SOIL

A PROPOSED NAPLES MOTORWAY BYPASS WOULD INVOLVE ROAD CONSTRUCTION ON THE RIVER SARNO PLAINS, AN INTENSELY CULTIVATED AND IRRIGATED AREA WITH A LARGELY ORGANIC AND THEREFORE COMPRESSIBLE SUB-SOIL. THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FULL SCALE EXPERIMENTAL ROAD EMBANKMENT ON THIS TERRAIN AND THE FIELD TESTS CARRIED OUT TO MEASURE ITS COMPRESSIBILITY AND FORECAST SETTLEMENT. THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT FAVOR A VIADUCT SOLUTION FOR THIS BYPASS. /TRRL/