Cuts and Fills! Yet Another View at Km: 338+750
This picture, also produced by our YAPP software in PCX format, shows four high cuts and one interlaying voluminous fill in a series at location Km:338+750 ,as is the usual configuration for motorways, placed in rough or even moderate topagraphy. As already explained in the description of a huge fill in a previous page, decision betwwen such kind of high-volume but cheaper earthwork and much more costly bridge and tunnel structures is usually based on the severity of negative environmental impact and adverse geotechnical conditions.In the example represented by the above view these were rather favorable as the Kirkgecit Valey where this section was sitiuated was in an unpopulated vicinity with sparse vegetation and a geology dominated by stable and solid spilitic basalts.
