Client
Mining International, LLC
Completion Date
2007
Designer
Continental Placer
Location
Joliet, Illinois
Delivery Method
General Contractor
Division
Underground
Contract Value
$4 million
The Port of Will County Decline project entails the excavation of a 1,500-foot-long tunnel. This tunnel, with dimensions of 20 feet in width and 20 feet in height, was skillfully driven at a -15 percent grade. Atkinson utilized a ATM105 Alpine Miner—more commonly known as a roadheader—during the tunnel’s excavation.
Originally envisioned to provide the owner with access to a level of limestone, the project evolved into an operational mine dedicated to the processing and sale of limestone.
