Load Support - The interaction structure produced by the cellular confinement system functions as a
layer that distributes loads to a pressure that the underlying soils will satisfactorily support. The system
may be used under track roadbeds (below the ballast section), vehicle roadbeds or other railroad
facilities, which are constructed, or will be constructed over soils with lower than acceptable bearing
capacities that cannot be economically removed due to schedule or excess material excavation and
replacement costs. When bearing capacities of the supporting soils are of a magnitude that will not
support the existing or proposed loads, the cellular confinement system may be considered as a load