The executive project director believes twisting forces knocked away some of the material during installation and calibration of steel rail fastening parts on the tops of concrete supports. A total of 500 out of 7,800 track supports were looked at.Д®ngineer consultants have been hired to take a closer look, and samples of the damaged material were sent to a laboratory to determine the cause. Inspections conducted on the bridge in March noted there were three concrete track supports where material had dissolved. When construction is finished, surplus property will be sold for development that is compatible with the station facilities and community priorities.Sound TransitвЂ™s East Link light rail project was supposed to finish next summer.Дamage to concrete track supports on the I-90 floating bridge deck in the state of Washington has inserted another delay in Sound TransitвЂ™s East Link light rail project.

By 2030 about 14,000 Capitol Hill riders are expected to board the light rail trains each day. The first significant Capitol Hill Station construction beyond the giant pit at Broadway and Denny got underway just after Halloween.Д¬apitol Hill Station will be about 65 feet deep and have three entrances: a north entrance on the east side of Broadway at the corner of East John Street, an entrance on the west side of Broadway just south of East Denny Way, and a south entrance at the corner of East Denny Way and Nagle Place.

The connecting line between the UW station to the Capitol Hill is still under construction, with the rails and electricity slated to be finished early next year. Sound Transit estimates that by 2030 some 25,000 will board trains daily at the UW station. A pedestrian bridge will eventually cross Montlake Boulevard to provide easy access to the UW campus and Burke Gillman Trail. The UW station is about nine stories underground. OfficialвЂ™s praised the project, which Sound Transit says is months ahead of schedule and about $100 million under budget (although that depends on when you start counting). Murray was joined by King County Executive Dow Constantine, UW Vice President Randy Hodges, Sound Transit chair Pat McCarthy, and King County Council member Larry Phillips at the event. Murray, who chairs the senateвЂ™s Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee, was key in getting federal funding for the 3.1 mile University Link extension. вЂњIвЂ™m very proud of the work getting done.вЂќ вЂњYour legacy is to go out and do something bigger than yourself,вЂќ she said. KennedyвЂ™s assassination had on her 50 years ago that day and how itвЂ™s inspired her to work on projects like light rail. She spoke about the impact President John F. Senator Patty Murray spoke at a brief press conference inside the stationвЂ™s mezzanine level, where future travelers will purchase tickets. Located about two miles from the Capitol Hill station in the shadows of Husky Stadium, the UW station will connect travelers from the university to Westlake Station in six minutes. With about 80% of the work on the two new stations and tunnels complete, Sound Transit led a media tour of the station Friday morning to announce University Link trains will be on the move by the first quarter of 2016 - months ahead of the previous September вЂ™16 milestone. CHS got to preview at what youвЂ™ll see when you arrive at the UW light rail station. (Image: CHS)Д«y early 2016 getting from Capitol Hill to the University of Washington will only take a three-minute subway ride. Escalators leading up to mezzanine level of the UW light rail station.

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