Construction on the Gold Line Foothill Extension has been well underway for some time; the project is extending the Gold Line from the Sierra Madre Villa station in eastern Pasadena for 11.5 miles to a station adjacent to Citrus College on the Azusa and Glendora border. The photos run from [continue reading]
The Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority issued the following news release on Friday. In the meantime, numerous bridges are under construction throughout the alignment and particularly in Azusa and Arcadia. Ground has been broken on the first at-grade crossings (at Highland Avenue in Duarte and Dalton Avenue in Azusa) [continue reading]
The following is the latest e-news from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the 11.5-mile project that will extend the Gold Line from eastern Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border. The project also includes a new rail maintenance facility in Monrovia. The design-build team, Foothill Transit Constructors [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtDcf1ZHiGI&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Good video today from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the independent agency building the Pasadena-to-Azusa line. Check out the time lapse of the frame going up for the Iconic Bridge over the eastbound 210. The project is funded by Measure R, the half-cent sales tax increase approved [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxbv7qAehXc&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] This is the first of a two-part video from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority looking at cities along the 11.5-mile project to extend the Gold Line from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border. The project is being funded by the Measure R sales tax increase approved by Los [continue reading]
Here’s the news release sent Friday from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the Measure R-funded project from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border: Construction of the temporary structure required more than 20 full closures of the eastbound I-210 Freeway MONROVIA, Calif. – Today, the Metro Gold [continue reading]
The Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority has posted new interactive maps, showing San Gabriel Valley destinations in relation to future stations along the line from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border. I’ve posted a couple of the maps above. The Irwindale map is interesting in what it doesn’t show — [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-9jhf55Wuw&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube] Very interesting video released yesterday by the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority on new development along the downtown L.A.-to-Pasadena Gold Line, which has attracted its share of new residential development — particularly in South Pasadena and Pasadena. As the video shows, cities along the 13-mile route of the [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro: Metro held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning to celebrate the completion of the $2.3-million Duarte Sound wall project on the north side of the 210 freeway between Highland Avenue and Buena Vista Street in the City of Duarte. The long awaited half-mile sound wall [continue reading]
With the news today that a contractor has been selected to build the Gold Line Foothill Extension, I wanted to post a few photos and drawings of the project. Please feel free to use on your own blog, website, etc! A rendering of the rail bridge to be built over [continue reading]
