The Kansas Avenue crossing has been completed as announced by The California High-Speed Rail Authority. This is officially the ninth high-speed rail structure to be completed this year. It is now open to traffic. Located west of the State Route 43, the overcrossing was designed and constructed by Dragados-Flatiron (DFJV). It is in the middle section of the California high-speed rail project, which is actively under construction.
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The Kansas Avenue overcrossing and grade separation is 207 feet long and 43 feet wide. It took 1,200 cubic yards of concrete to build and has 334,000 pounds of rebar. It also took 12 pre-cast concrete girders which were all made at the DFJV Pre-cast Girder Facility.
Since construction began on the project, over 11,0000 construction jobs have been made. The California High-Speed Rail Authority also made it known that the majority of the workers were residents of Central Valley. The rail authority has also begun work to extend the 119 miles under construction to 171 miles of future electrified high-speed rail from Merced to Bakersfield.
Currently, there are more than 25 active construction sites in California’s Central Valley. The Authority has also environmentally cleared 422 miles of the high-speed rail program from the Bay Area to the Los Angeles Basin.
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“This has been an exceptional year of progress having completed nine structures across the Central Valley,” said Garth Fernandez. “Our goal here in the Valley is to keep the momentum going, complete structures as fast as we can, in order to advance to the next phase of work and deliver clean, electrified high-speed rail to Californians,” said the Central Valley Regional Director.
Earlier this year, the Authority announced the completion of the Elkhorn Avenue overcrossing in Fresno County and grade separations at Idaho and Dover Avenues in Kings County. The Authority also announced the completion of the Cedar Viaduct, a high-speed rail signature structure in Fresno County, in May.
