Cut-and-cover

"Cut-and-cover" in a Sentence (2 examples)

The greater part of the railway was built on the cut-and-cover principle, but some sections were tunnelled with a head shield.

On London Underground, there are the cut-and-cover lines running just below the surface, and the Tubes properly so-called, which are on average about 40 feet down.

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