Concrete geomattress

A capped dredge disposal site comprising:

• a mound of dredge disposal material located underwater,
• a plurality of geomattresses located on top of said mound to substantially cover said mound, each of said plurality of geomattresses including
• at least one elongated sheet of material extending longitudinally of said geomattress, and
• a plurality of longitudinally spaced, transversely extending rows of concrete panels secured to said sheet of material with flexible portions of said sheet of material extending in the gaps defined between juxtaposed panels in at least some of said rows to enable the geomattress to be bent transversely along said flexible portions of said sheet of material,
• said sheet of material being a grid-like sheet of material of a uniaxially stretched polymer geogrid having a plurality of molecularly oriented elongated strands interconnected by transversely extending elements, said transversely extending elements being thickened bars, at least one bar being secured to each panel.

A concrete geomattress comprising:

• an elongated sheet of material extending longitudinally of said geomattress, and
• a plurality of longitudinally spaced, transversely extending rows of concrete panels secured to said sheet of material with flexible portions of said sheet of material extending in the gaps defined between juxtaposed panels in at least some of said rows to enable the geomattress to be bent transversely along said flexible portions of said sheet of material,
• at least two laterally spaced sections of said elongated sheet of material, the panels in adjacent rows of said geomattress being staggered, individual panels being secured to adjacent sections of said sheet of material,
• each section of said sheet material being a grid-like sheet of material of a uniaxially stretched polymer geogrid having a plurality of molecularly oriented elongated strands interconnected by transversely extending elements, and said transversely extending elements being thickened bars, at least one bar being secured to each panel.

A capped dredge disposal site comprising:

• a mound of dredge disposal material located underwater,
• a plurality of geomattresses located on top of said mound to substantially cover said mound, each of said plurality of geomattresses including
• an elongated sheet of material extending longitudinally of said geomattress, and
• a plurality of longitudinally spaced, transversely extending rows of concrete panels secured to said sheet of material with flexible portions of said sheet of material extending in the gaps defined between juxtaposed panels in at least some of said rows to enable the geomattress to be bent transversely along said flexible portions of said sheet of material,
• at least two laterally spaced sections of said elongated sheet of material, the panels in adjacent rows of said geomattress being staggered, individual panels being secured to adjacent sections of said sheet of material,
• each section of said sheet material being a grid-like sheet of material of a uniaxially stretched polymer geogrid having a plurality of molecularly oriented elongated strands interconnected by transversely extending elements, and said transversely extending elements being thickened bars, at least one bar being secured to each panel.