Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Reading Comprehension Pages 26-36

1. What is the floor of the tunnel made out of?

They lay a thinck layer of poured concrete seals the cut and forms the tunnel's floor.



2.What to construction workers do at surface level in order to prepare the city at surface level for the Metro Red Lin's midtown route?

Meanwhile, other construction crews have been getting the Red Line's midtown route ready for boring.


3. What is the name of the temporary road called that is created for street traffic to use during the cut and cover station construction? What are these roads made out of and why?

To keep traffic moving while cut and cover stations are being constructed, a temporary road called Decking is built over the torn-up srteets.


4. On Pages 30-31 there are is a model of the train station, do you like it? What would you change about this station model?

It looks like a very nice station model. I wouldn't change nothing about the model.


5. What is the "Pink Lady"?

The Pink Lady is a flatbed truck

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