A Long Island Rail Road plan to replace a 66-year-old bridge in Carle Place will result in a two-day suspension of service along one of the railroad’s busiest stretches, the agency said Thursday. During the June 1-2 weekend, crews will take down the existing rail bridge carrying the LIRR’s tracks…
3rd Track Constructors, the design-build contractor tasked with constructing the LIRR Expansion Project, is providing a pedestrian shuttle bus while construction crews transform the Urban Avenue Grade Crossing into a new vehicular and pedestrian underpass. The shuttle bus ensures pedestrians traveling across the railroad tracks at Urban Avenue in New…
On May 22nd, elected officials and municipal administrators representing the LIRR Expansion Project’s corridor attended the monthly Mayors’ Meeting at the Community Information Center in Mineola. Representatives from the project team provided community leaders with a comprehensive construction update – the group also discussed upcoming track outages ahead of the…
On May 20th, the LIRR Expansion Project team met with the Northwest Civic Association of Hicksville to discuss the latest construction updates and project milestones. The project team provided a project overview, construction progress photos and updates on ongoing project programs as part of its ongoing community outreach to business,…
The Locust Manor Station walkway has been completely renovated. The renovation includes the replacement of the chain link fence alongside the north and south station platforms, replacement of the concrete walkway, a new pedestrian ramp and ADA compliant railing. Other upgrades include additional LED lighting along the platform. These enhancements…
Construction of the new LIRR bridge that will take train traffic over Cherry Lane in Carle Place is essentially completed and ready to be carried into place and installed during the Main Line outage weekend of June 1st. The bridge will be replaced with the method successfully employed at LIRR’s…
MANHATTAN WORK 1. Concrete pour to set track in the upper level of the east cavern. 2. Demolition of steel at the Biltmore Room connection. 3. Ironworkers welding a column in the back of house area of the future LIRR passenger concourse. 4. Identifying power feed and control wires in…
The LIRR Expansion Project team and Girls Inc. of Long Island hosted 27 curious, enthusiastic, young women from Westbury Middle School for an exciting day of learning and mentorship at the project’s Community Information Center in Mineola. Girls Inc. of Long Island is part of a national organization that provides…
The weekend of May 3rd was the single most productive weekend at Queens’ Harold Interlocking, the busiest railroad junction in the USA, since East Side Access weekend project work began back in 2008. 23 tasks were completed outright, three times as many than the previous most-productive weekend at Harold Interlocking,…
As part of construction of the Mineola Harrison Avenue Parking Structure, workers have installed rebar in advance of pouring concrete. At the same time, 600 pre-cast sections of the garage, each weighing 20 tons, are being manufactured in Pennsylvania, with delivery to begin in July of this year. Following assembly…
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