Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project progress update e-mail 03 22 2017 Saarinen's Purpose in Design Dulles Airport Station was designed to mimic the iconic Saarinen-designed main terminal at Dulles Airport which has been nominated for the National Register of Historic Places. Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Atop of the list of considerations designers of Metro's
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Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project Pictures 02 04 2017 Things continue along at a fast pace, even faster in areas then what I would have expected at this point. Right of way barrier construction along the Dulles Access Road is closing in on the construction access points. Jersey barriers are being installed at point between the Toll Road and Access Road where the Access Road is being realigned.
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WMATA: Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project progress update e-mail 03 22 2017 Construction Passes 56 Percent During Very Mild Winter Old Man Winter has been especially kind to construction of Phase 2 of the Silver Line. Aerial construction at the entrance into Dulles Airport captures a dynamic view of the Dulles Terminal as the American flag blows in the wind. Photo by Jennifer Thomas Alcott, Ca
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Greybeard Wrote: OK, I'm sure not trying to pick a fight here, so please allow me to retroactively preface what I wrote before with "What I've read is..." I don't quite understand what you're saying -- are you agreeing or disagreeing with what I said? Sorry if I'm seeming dense. Just setting the record straight. There were multiple transportation studies for the Dulles Corridor. However there
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Greybeard Wrote: Dunno about Glebe, but if you check the record you'll find that Metro to Dulles had been studied repeatedly, and kept failing justification--until they studied routing it through Tyson's. Then it suddenly made sense. Of course you can argue with the methodology and results, but given that the studies are canon at this point, I think "no reason to hope" is probably accurate, at l
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Joke Insurance wrote: It still would have made sense to have built an express route for the Silver Line. It would have made no sense to have built an express route. The reason why is because 85% of the boardings will be generated by the other ten station. The way to shorten the trip time is run 8 car trains at closer headway to allow the reduction of station dwell time. Run trains at their maxi
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Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project progress update e-mail 02 21 2017 DC to Dulles and Beyond: Metrorail on Track Construction Continues All Along the Alignment The coming weeks will be jammed with a host of construction work all along the second phase of the Silver Line from Reston to Ashburn. Here's a preview: At Dulles International Airport, girders for aerial guideway will be set. Deck work
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Greybeard Wrote Hey John -- great stuff. Are you just a rail geek or what? Just curious...love the posts! Electric rail transit geek, heavy rail to be more specific. I have been following the build out of the Metrorail system sense the early 1970s. The advent of the internet has given me the opportunity to share the wealth of knowledge I have accumulated over the last 45.
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WMATA: Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project progress update e-mail 01 17 2017 DC to Dulles and Beyond: Metrorail on Track Silver Line Progress Steady Construction of Phase 2 of the Silver Line is moving steadily along, according to rail project officials. In recent weeks, Capital Rail Constructors, the project's design­-build contractor, has reported significant progress on the aerial guideways
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Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project Pictures 01 15 2017 Capital Rail Constructors continues maintaining their steady pace. Right of way barriers along the Dulles Access Road at various location have security fence posts on them, in some places the chain link fabric and barbed has also been installed. There are still a few gaps that have been left uncompleted to allow equipment and material access
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Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project progress update e-mail 11 28 2016 DC to Dulles and Beyond: Metrorail on Track Hand Mining: One of the Toughest Jobs on Silver Line Phase 2 As work on the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project (DCMP) progresses and Phase 2 of Metro's Silver Line begins to take shape, some of the toughest work on the project is conducted underground, out of public sight. About 1,400
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WMATA: Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project progress update e-mail 10 19 2016 Construction of Silver Line to Dulles and Beyond Rolling Along Construction has reached 32 percent for Phase 2 of Metro's Silver Line, the $6.5 billion rail line that will eventually connect Washington Dulles International Airport and eastern Loudoun County with Tysons Corner, Arlington, downtown DC and the metropolitan
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Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project Pictures 10 02 2016 Capital Rail Constructors has gotten A hell of a lot done this summer. Right of way barriers are at various stages of completion between all the station along the Dulles Access Road. Traction power substations are mostly at the ground work stage. The one that is the furthest along is #15 in the loop ramp from southbound Sully Road VA-28 to
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WMATA: Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project progress update e-mail 09 21 2016 DC to Dulles and Beyond: Metrorail on Track Phase 2 "Land Bridge" Accommodates Possible Future Divided Highway Beneath the Silver Line Looking years ahead, designers of Phase 2 of the Silver Line are preparing for a possible new road to allow vehicle traffic to get from one side of the Dulles Airport Highway/Dulles Toll
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Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project progress update e-mail 07 27 2016 Phase 2 Construction Reaches 30 Percent Completion Construction of Phase 2 of the Silver Line has hit the 30 percent mark and design is virtually complete, according to information supplied by the Dulles Rail Project team to the Federal Transit Administration in mid-July. Work continues at station sites and at 16 of the waysi
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Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project progress pictures 06 26 2016 Construction on all of the stations along the Dulles Access Road continues. Right of way barrier wall have reached as far east the Fairfax County Parkway. Footer for the walls at the Reston Town Center station are partly done. The second tower crane has been erected. Excavation at the Reston Town Center station is mostly complete
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WMATA: Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project progress update e-mail 06 13 2016 Silver Line Phase 2 Construction Ramps Up Steady progress continues on Phase 2 of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project with the design nearly complete and ample elements to capture curious eyes. Night crews work on the future Dulles Airport Station. Photo by Chuck Samuelson, Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project As const
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WMATA: Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project progress update e-mail 04 13 2016 Major Work at Dulles Airport and All Stations Intensifying The pace of construction of Phase 2 of the Silver Line, which will eventually connect Loudoun County, Dulles Airport, Reston and Herndon with downtown D.C. and the rest of the existing Metrorail System, is headed into a bustling construction period, according to
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2r2f2 Wrote: Why the hell aren't they building out one station at a time and open as it goes? The reason is pretty simple. It is cheaper and simpler to build and open segment with multiple stations along their lengths. During the history of the build out of Metrorail there were only two occasion where one station at time was added to the system. Dupont Circle and Glenmont, The construction of D
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Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project Pictures 03 27 2016 Construction on all of the stations along the Dulles Access Road is now taking place. Excavation and pile driving for the foundation at the Reston Town Center station is well underway. The trees and brush have been cleared from the site for the Sunset Hills Road entrance on the north side of the station. The Herndon Station has begun to come
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WMATA: Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project progress update e-mail 02 19 2016 DC to Dulles and Beyond: Metrorail on Track Future track supports travel through the snow-covered woodlands at Dulles Photo by Jennifer Alcott, Capital Rail Constructors. The blizzard of 2016 and February's ice, rain and snow slowed construction of the second Phase of the Silver Line, but not very much. While the bliz
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Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project Pictures 01 17 2016 Utility tunneling under the Access / Toll Roads at the Reston Town Center and Herndon stations continues. Tunneling under the Access / Toll Roads for the third rail conduits is also underway along with continuing work on the 34.5 KV power feed bus. Foundations for the right of way barrier walls are being installed between Herndon and Innovat
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NUFVN Wrote: > so that "V" of the flying buttress will hold tons of ice/snow mix. > > likely the roof has ibeams i cannot see. i see no columns spanning up in the middle. > > the flying buttress and wind. is supported on brick ? tremor, heat expand contract, icing weight unweight, brick cracking / ice > > i can't imagine the brick, though likely rebar'ed wall brick, wil
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@ Rail Rider Your welcome. @ dDMJ7 That is a slury wall, it is 3' thick, it has is rebar cage in it to reinforced it. Most of the soil in that part of Northern Virginia is pretty stiff and does'nt collapces when trenched like the sedmentry soils east of the Pedmont. @ JnTcC Models of all of the structures in the stations were wind tunnel tested to withstand hurricane force winds.
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WMATA: Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project progress update e-mail 11 24 2015 Putting Finishing Touches on Phase 1 Art was installed in late November at the McLean Station. Photo courtesy of Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project. While Phase 1 of the Silver Line continues normal operations through Tysons to Wiehle Avenue in Reston, Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project crews are finalizing the details o
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To all, thank you. Posted a couple more dash camera videos: DCMP Autopilot Drive 10 25 2015 Northbound Autopilot Drive from Rudder Road to Windshear Road Dulles Airport. DCMP Dulles Greenway 10 25 2015 Eastbound Dulles Greenway main line and yard leads elevated north of Dulles Airport.
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Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project Pictures 10 25 2015 Excavation for the foundations at the Herndon station has begun. Most of the sound wall at the Innovation Center Station are complete. The foundation for tower crane is within the footprint of the north, track N2 sound wall, not in the N2 track way as noted in my previous post. The bridge girders over Centerville Road have been set. They ar
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Joke Insurance So they officially broke ground? About damn time. Construction of the yard and shops is not as complex an indever as building the line and stations in the median of an active highway.
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Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project progress update e-mail 09 22 2015 Silver Line Phase 2 Rail Yard and Maintenance Facility Q: Where is the rail yard located? A: The rail yard and maintenance facility will be located on Dulles Airport Property along Route 606. Q: How large is the facility? A: The facilities and tracks will be built on approximately 90 acres. Q: What is its function? A
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Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project Pictures 08 23 2015 Work has commenced on the excavation of the tunnels that will hold the conduits that will carry third rail power from the substation to the right of way east of Dulles Airport. Work continues on the installation of the 34.5 KV power feed bus. Grading work continues from roughly Centreville Road to the location of the east abutment north of A
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