QUEENS WORK Lowering materials for construction of a tunnel approach structure using a Linkbelt crane on the 39th Street bridge. Vacuum truck excavation of material between tracks in the Mid-Day Storage Yard for future conduit installation. Driving mini pile casing east of the 39th St. Bridge in Harold Interlocking for…
1. Removing an existing foundation from the BC approach structure footprint 2. Concrete placement for a communications ductbank that will service the Mid-Day Storage Yard 3. Installed rebar and conduit for the negative traction power ductbank for the future Mid-Day Storage Yard 4. Escalator Installation between the Mezzanine and Lower…
The construction of the new bridge to span Cherry Lane in Carle Place has begun. The new bridge will be wide enough to accommodate a third track on the Main Line between Floral Park and Hicksville. Tracks are also being raised to increase the clearance under the new structure to…
Construction continues to progress at Nostrand Avenue Station. Girders are up along the eastbound platform and, at the southeast quadrant of the station, structural steel is being installed, an overpass has been erected and a new staircase will be installed. The new eastbound and westbound platforms are FRP (Fiber-Reinforced Polymer)…
Construction of the future Long Island Rail Road Mid-Day Storage Yard in Queens is more than 50 percent complete – the new yard is one of the final components of the East Side Access project. Once completed the yard will enable the LIRR to store train cars between the morning…
On March 14th the LIRR Expansion Project team presented a project update to the residents of Westbury at a public meeting. The team discussed current and upcoming construction activities, specifically highlighting the approaching construction start date for the Westbury North Parking Garage – during construction, the project team will provide…
Long Island Rail Road commuters are closer to a brighter, more spacious and easily accessible Penn Station now that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board has approved a $600 million modernization project officials say will transform the station’s cramped LIRR concourse into a “world-class” transit hub.
What does a substation do, and how does it work? There are 104 substations on the LIRR across all areas of the Rail Road’s electrified territory. At each of these substations, AC voltage is converted to DC voltage and safely fed to the third rail out on the tracks. This…
At about 9:15 a.m. on Monday, February 4, a broken rail was discovered on LIRR’s Ronkonkoma Branch near Deer Park on Long Island. LIRR workers responded, fixing the rail by 11:45 a.m., enabling LIRR to operate around the site of the broken rail with minimum service impacts. All thanks to…
Construction is underway at the Urban Avenue grade crossing elimination project. The road remains open to traffic and pedestrians as piles are being driven to support the excavation of what will become the Urban Avenue underpass. The excavation will be followed by the construction of a bridge that will take…
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