FasTracks West Corridor light rail construction progress report
A steel-arch light rail bridge is being built by Edward Kraemer & Sons on the grounds of the Denver Federal Center. In April, crews will slide it across the freeway during a weekend traffic closure. Photo courtesy RTD.
The West Corridor light rail project is the first FasTracks rail corridor that RTD has under construction. Denver Transit Construction Group – a joint venture of Herzog Corp. of St. Joseph, Mo., and Stacy & Witbeck Inc. of Alameda, Calif. – has the 12-mile construction zone divided into three areas, and on Friday it gave an update on recent construction progress and a look-ahead to upcoming construction activities in Golden, Lakewood and Denver.
The Indiana Avenue light rail bridge will cut diagonally across both Indiana and Sixth Avenue Freeway, the highest bridge on the West Corridor. Photo courtesy RTD.
Most of the bridges are well under construction, including the longest bridge on the corridor, the S-shaped 1,600-foot light rail structure that will carry trains on a diagonal path over both Sixth Avenue Freeway and Indiana Avenue.
Girders are put in place for the new, wider Federal Boulevard bridge that will go over the light rail tracks at Lakewood Gulch. Photo courtesy RTD.
Also well underway is the bridge over Colfax Avenue at Sixth Avenue, the Wadsworth Boulevard bridge and the Sixth Avenue Freeway bridge – a steel arch structure being assembled on the grounds of the Denver Federal Center. In April, it will be placed over the freeway during a weekend traffic closure by sliding it across from south to north over the abutments.
You can view the report that was given to the corridor’s elected officials by clicking here.
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