Dulles Rail construction hits the 27 percent mark

Wednesday, 19 Jan 2011 10:01
Project officials report that design is now more than 95 percent complete and construction has passed the 27 percent mark.

Construction of all five stations is continuing. Four are in Tysons Corner, Virginia's largest employment centre, and the last stop in Phase 1 is at the Dulles International Airport.

Phase 2 will extend the line to Reston Herndon area, the state's second largest employment concentration.

Phase 1 is expected to be completed in 2013.

Construction update in pictures:

AT THE CONNECTING POINT: Girders have been set and more than 50 percent of the trackway concrete decks have been completed where the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project's 23-mile extension of Metro's existing system joins the Orange Line tracks. WATERPROOFING: Dulles Transit Partners crews continue with waterproofing operations inside one of the two tunnels at Tysons Central. BRIDGE: Construction of the bridge that will carry the future Dulles Corridor Metrorail tracks from Route 7 into the median of the Dulles International Airport Access Highway (DIAAH) is taking place.

Photos by Chuck Samuelson, Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project

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