Finding Aid of the Interstate Highway 40 Tunnel Construction Photograph Collection, PHC.97

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[Identification of item], Ph.C.97, Interstate Highway 40 Tunnel Construction Photograph Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Western Regional Archives, Asheville, NC, USA.

The photographs are arranged in chronological order

Andrew C. Payne, an English civil engineer, held the title of assistant to the resident engineer for Michael Baker, Jr., Inc. Consulting Engineers and supervised the work of the contractor, Lewis Construction Associates. Payne and his staff provided the site lines for the alignment and profile of the highway and tunnel and administered the contract on behalf of the State Highway Department.

1. Photographs, 1967-1969

October 1967, October 1967

West portal rock excavation and placing rockfill

East portal rock excavation

October-November 1967, October-November 1967

Work on retaining wall base at west portal

Forming foundations at east portal

Curing west portal foundations

General view of site from east

Forming retaining wall at west portal

Concreting retaining wall at east portal

Drilling jumbo at west rock face

November-December 1967, November-December, 1967

General view of site from west

General view of site from east

Assembling drilling jumbo

Curing east portal retaining wall

Resident engineer's office

Curing east portal retaining wall

January-February 1968, January-February, 1968

Erecting steelwork at west portal

Commencing drilling at east portal rock face

Completing steel shield at west portal

Constructing reinforced concrete base at east portal

Drilling at west portal rock face

First stage of east portal retaining wall

March-May 1968, March-May, 1968

Tunnel drilling

Excavating and disposal of rock from west portal

Erection of steel shield at east portal

The drilling jumbo

Drilling at the east portal rock face

Site view from west

Excavating rock at east portal

General view of I-40 looking west

Excavating rock at east portal

Steel shield at east portal

Drilling

Steel shield at east portal

June-August 1968, June-August, 1968

Assembling the steel formwork for the tunnel

General view of the site from east

Assembling the platform for the tunnel lining steelfixers

Placing rock backfill at east portal

Steelfixers platform and tunnel form ready for use

Retaining wall construction at east portal

Moving the steelfixers platform toward the west portal

Moving the tunnel form into the west portal

Completing the east portal retaining wall

Forming the tunnel lining at the west portal

Completing the east portal retaining wall

Forming the tunnel lining at the west portal (E.J. Forslund in foreground)

Forming the tunnel lining at the west portal

Pumping concrete at the east portal retaining wall

Backfilling around the steel shield at east portal

August-September 1968, August-September, 1968

Concreting the tunnel lining and portal arch at west portal

Backfilling around the steel shield at the east portal

Constructing small retaining wall outside east portal

Concreting the tunnel lining and portal arch at west portal

Forming the median traffic barrier wall-eastern approaches

Road base laying-east

September 1968, September, 1968

View of west portal

Completed tunnel lining and steel form beyond

View of east portal retaining wall

Forming the median barrier

View of site from west showing road sub-base

Readymix concrete being delivered for pumping

October-December 1968, October-December, 1968

Construction of west portal

Pumping the tunnel lining from the eastern end

View from backfill above steel shield of east portal construction

View of median barrier along I-40

Forming the median wall at the western end

Concreting the tunnel liner through the steel shield at the east portal

Forming the transition section of the median wall at the western end

The completed transition section of the median wall

Work at the east portal

Lighting installation for eastbound tunnel

Erecting formwork at the east portal

Construction at west portal

View from east portal looking east

January-February 1969

View of western approaches

View of western approaches with traffic open through east-bound tunnel

Lighting being installed

View from east

January-March 1969, January-March, 1969

Internal lighting

Road laying

Grouting and finishing work to the tunnel lining

View of site from west

View of east portal

View of east portal looking east

Internal finishing work

East portal

Inside the east portal

Completing the backfill above the steel shield at the east portal

Completed backfill above the east portal

View of east portal

Finished retaining wall at east portal

March 1969

Ready for road markings

Almost finished-west portal

Michael Baker Jr., Inc. site staff (l to r): Andrew C. Payne - assistant to resident engineer; Frank Blow - surveyor; E. J. "Fuzzy" Forslund - resident engineer; and James Messer - clerk

Work completed-view of east portal

Miscellaneous Items

Miscellaneous prints of tunnel construction including finished product

Miscellaneous black and white negatives of tunnel construction

Miscellaneous color negatives of tunnel construction

A Pictorial Supplement from The Waynesville Mountaineer, titled Pigeon River Road, Milestone to the Genius of Man, October 21, 1968

Miscellaneous textual material including a listing of the site staff of Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Consulting Engineers, I-40 Tunnel Construction, 1967-1969; resignation of Andrew C. Payne and resulting letter from vice president of Michael Baker Jr., Inc.

Burch, Cameron W.

Lewis Construction Associates.

Michael Baker, Jr., Consulting Engineers.

North Carolina. Division of Highways.

Roads--Design and construction

Interstate 40.

Waynesville (N.C.)--Newspapers.

Negatives (photographic)

Photographs.

Andrew C. Payne, All's Well, Whitchurch, England; donated the collection to the State Archives on June 4, 2003. During March-April, 2012, these records were moved from the State Archives building in Raleigh to the Western Regional Archives, Asheville, N.C.

Processed by Stephen E. Massengill, June, 2004

Encoded by Dietra Stanley, October, 2005