Construction of the Luck Stone Inter-Quarry Tunnel, Leesburg Virginia

摘要

Luck Stone is the largest family owned and operated producer of crushed stone in the United States. In 1971, Luck Stone acquired the Leesburg Plant (formerly Arlington Stone Company) in Loudon County, Virginia. The Leesburg Plant has not only played a major part in the recent development of Northern Virginia, but historically shipped rock by rail to Alexandria, Virginia since the late 1800s. In 2017, Frontier-Kemper Constructors was contracted to build the Inter-Quarry Tunnel. The Inter-Quarry Tunnel will connect the Leesburg Plant's existing East Pit to the future West Pit traveling beneath Goose Creek. Goose Creek is a state scenic river in the Potomac River basin. The Washington and Old Dominion trail crosses Goose Creek, parallel to the tunnel only 550 feet downstream from the tunnel crossing. The scenic river and trail were kept open through the duration of construction. The tunnel will accommodate both truck traffic and a conveyor belt, providing the East Pit processing plant with raw product and extending the life of mine.