Table 1

Reported cases of salt rock subgrades in China

TypeLine sectionYear of constructionLine gradeLength of salt rock subgrade (km)Source
RailwayQarhan Salt Lake section of Qinghai-Tibet RailwayLine I: 1976∼1979I30.86Chen et al. (1988) 
Line II: 2005
Hami-Lop Nor Railway2012II85Xie (2013) 
Luozhong Industrial Siding Railway2012II8.47Lin, Ren, Yi, and Jiang (2012) 
HighwayQarhan Salt Lake section of G215 HighwayOriginal line: 1955II32Fang, Liu, and Xu (2005) and Xu and Fang (2005) 
Reconstructed line: 2006
Seketi Gas Field Dedicated Highway1995∼1996IVN/ALi et al. (2020) 
Qarhan-Golmud Express way2012N/A0.35Cai, Gao, and Liu (2015), Dai (2011), Li et al., (2020) 
Qarhan Salt Lake section of G3011 Express wayN/AN/A3.3Li et al. (2020) 
Hami-Luozhong section of S2352003–2005III73Li et al. (2020) 
Luozhong-Ruoqiang section of S2352022–2023IIIN/ALi et al. (2020) 

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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