{"id":1419,"date":"2018-02-06T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1419"},"modified":"2024-05-09T17:34:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:34:04","slug":"geostabilization-international-assists-in-virginias-natural-bridge-assessment","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/resources\/news\/geostabilization-international-assists-in-virginias-natural-bridge-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"GeoStabilization International\u00ae\u00a0Assists in Virginia\u2019s Natural Bridge Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Start Block: acf\/wysiwyg -->\n<section class=\"wysiwyg section-padding bg-white\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-10 col-lg-offset-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Virginia\u2019s Natural Bridge is a geological formation that has been called one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the world. Since at least the 1930s, the structure has been carrying the weight of cars and trucks that pass over its arch on U.S. 11. Questions of its durability led some to propose that the highway should be re-routed to preserve the Rockbridge County landmark.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Newberg, GeoStabilization Superintendent, led the effort to install vibration sensors during a structural study\u2019s final phase investigating the Natural Bridge to gauge the impact of traffic proceeding across the bridge\u2019s natural limestone formation. GeoStabilization is a participant in the on-going geological testing effort, led by Dr. Chester \u201cSkip\u201d Watts, professor of Geology at Radford University. The Natural Bridge investigation is being performed in conjunction with a VDOT transportation and mobility study of US Route 11. The collected data from various testing methods including GPR, LiDAR, Unmanned Aerial Surveys, Seismic Reflection\/Refraction, and Vibration Monitoring will be analyzed and used to establish a long-range plan for the Natural Bridge\u2019s long-term preservation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/news\/virginia\/new-tests-at-natural-bridge-look-at-the-highway-that\/article_2f664689-a41e-5a12-b7a7-a49eab7ad7a7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to see GeoStabilization\u2019s efforts featured in the Roanoke Times article.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/TimInstall3.jpg\" alt=\"GeoStabilization International\u00ae Assists in Virginia\u2019s Natural Bridge Assessment\" width=\"567\" height=\"324\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- End Block: acf\/wysiwyg -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia\u2019s Natural Bridge is a geological formation that has been called one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the world. Since at least the 1930s, the structure has been carrying the weight of cars and trucks that pass over its arch on U.S. 11. Questions of its durability led some to propose that the highway should be re-routed to preserve the Rockbridge County landmark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1420,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1419","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GeoStabilization International\u00ae Assists in Virginia\u2019s Natural Bridge Assessment - GeoStabilization International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"GeoStabilization aids in preserving Virginia&#039;s Natural Bridge by installing vibration sensors to assess its durability under traffic.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GeoStabilization International\u00ae Assists in Virginia\u2019s Natural Bridge Assessment - 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