Interlocking Block Pavements for the Container Terminal at the Port of Kawasaki

Container· terminal construction in Higashi-ogishima Area of Kawasaki-shi is carried on aiming to open in April, 1996. It has been decided that interlocking blocks are going to be adopted as the paving material for this container terminal. Unfortunately though,since there are few application examples to port areas in Japan as compared to other countries, a riding test by 32-ton dump trucks was carried out to verify appropriateness of the design method and to evaluate durability of heavy duty pavements. Moreover, in order to improve efficiency and laborsaving of construction,mechanical laying was introduced and its effect has been confirmed. This paper covers applicability of interlocking block pavement to heavy duty pavement areas and mechanical laying. Keywords; automated guided vehicle, concrete block pavement, mechanical laying, heavy duty pavements, riding test, container terminal