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Contractor digs under major intersection to lay water pipeline.

Publication: Public Works
Publication Date: 01-FEB-03 		Format: Online - approximately 739 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Contractor digs under major intersection to lay water pipeline.(Action Pipeline Contractors )

Article Excerpt
Action Pipeline Contractors has specialized in laying pipe for its entire 37 years in business, but until recently the company had not encountered a project as deep and long as needed for a new water main going under a busy city intersection.

To enhance Tucson, Arizona's central water supply system, the job called for placing a 54-in, ductile iron pipe 40 ft beneath the intersection of Aviation Highway and Alvernon Way and under a nearby drainage canal for a total distance of 200 ft. This part of the city has been served by eight-in, water mains. The boring began in March with daytime temperatures in the 80s. Crews pressed on...

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