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The Crawlerway is a 130-foot-wide (40 m)[2] double pathway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It runs between the Vehicle Assembly Building and the two launch pads at Launch Complex 39. It has a length of 3.4 and 4.2 miles (5.5 and 6.8 km) to Pad 39A and Pad 39B, respectively. A seven-foot (2 m) bed of stones lies beneath a layer of asphalt and a surface made of Alabama river rocks.

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25 NASA Railroad (Wilson Junction)
25 NASA Railroad (Wilson Junction)
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24 Space Systems Processing Facility
24 Space Systems Processing Facility
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23 Multi-Payload Processing Facility
23 Multi-Payload Processing Facility
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22 Launch Complex 39 Press Site
22 Launch Complex 39 Press Site
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21 Orbiter Processing Facility 3
21 Orbiter Processing Facility 3
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20 Orbiter Processing Facilities 1 and 2
20 Orbiter Processing Facilities 1 and 2
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19 Launch Control Center
19 Launch Control Center
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18 Crawlerway
18 Crawlerway
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17 Blue Origin Ransom Road facility
17 Blue Origin Ransom Road facility
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16 Exploration Park
16 Exploration Park
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15 SpaceX Roberts Road Operations Center
15 SpaceX Roberts Road Operations Center
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14 Launch Complex 48
14 Launch Complex 48
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13 Operations and Checkout Building
13 Operations and Checkout Building
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10 Astronaut Beach House
10 Astronaut Beach House
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9 KSC Headquarters Building
9 KSC Headquarters Building
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8 Indian River
8 Indian River
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7 Banana River
7 Banana River
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6 Apollo/Saturn V Center
6 Apollo/Saturn V Center
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5 Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
5 Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
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4 Shuttle Landing Facility
4 Shuttle Landing Facility
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3 Vehicle Assembly Building
3 Vehicle Assembly Building
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2 Launch Complex 39 (LC-39B)
2 Launch Complex 39 (LC-39B)
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1 Launch Complex 39 (LC-39A)
1 Launch Complex 39 (LC-39A)

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The Crawlerway was originally designed to support the weight of the Saturn V rocket and its payload, plus the Launch Umbilical Tower and mobile launcher platform, atop a crawler-transporter during the Apollo program. It was also used from 1981 to 2011 to transport the lighter Space Shuttles to their launch pads.

Construction of the Crawlerway connected Merritt Island with the mainland, forming a peninsula. The main vehicle access road to and from the launch pads, the Saturn Causeway, runs alongside the Crawlerway.

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Construction

The Crawlerway is composed of two 40-foot-wide (12 m) lanes, separated by a 50-foot (15 m) median. The top layer is Alabama river rock, 4 inches (10 cm) thick on the straight sections and 8 inches (20 cm) thick on curves. Alabama river rock was chosen for many properties, including hardness, roundness, sphericity and LA abrasion test score.[3] Beneath that is 4 feet (1.2 m) of graded, crushed stone, resting on two layers of fill.[2] By 2013, a project to repair and upgrade the Crawlerway was undertaken, the first time since it was constructed that the foundation had been repaired. Additional rock was added to the surface in June 2014.[4]

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