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A large portion of the crossover was poured today, if that helps  Drove by just now.
What's up with Duke and Water? The intersection is completely done, track all embedded, pavement filled in up to the tracks... it would be completely drivable if it wasn't for the overkill of signs and fences blocking the way. Why hasn't it opened yet?
Same with Duke / College - it's been done for over a month now!
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Duke and Young intersection was getting paved today.
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(10-25-2016, 06:33 PM)GtwoK Wrote: A large portion of the crossover was poured today, if that helps Drove by just now.
What's up with Duke and Water? The intersection is completely done, track all embedded, pavement filled in up to the tracks... it would be completely drivable if it wasn't for the overkill of signs and fences blocking the way. Why hasn't it opened yet?
Same with Duke / College - it's been done for over a month now!
Is Duke from Water to College paved yet? Maybe they will open all when it's done?
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Sorry for the late posting - Cameron crossover this morning:
![[Image: ziSUrvL.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/ziSUrvL.jpg)
![[Image: 4abNpUT.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/4abNpUT.jpg)
The unique shape of the switch forms means the concrete forms were all custom - I was surprised to see plywood!
Rebar hauling:
![[Image: VWii9aa.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/VWii9aa.jpg)
A bit up the road, TPSS prep:
![[Image: SdyzRlA.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/SdyzRlA.jpg)
Platform edge work:
![[Image: 92WLC32.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/92WLC32.jpg)
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I feel like a dolt for having to ask this, but... what exactly is a crossover in the context of LRT?
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(10-25-2016, 11:42 PM)Elmira Guy Wrote: I feel like a dolt for having to ask this, but... what exactly is a crossover in the context of LRT?
The set of switches that allows trains to switch from one track to the other.
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/\ That's what I thought. Didn't want to assume and be in error though.
Thank you.
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Crossovers are used primarily to allow a train to change direction (ie, return to the OMSF prior to making it all the way to Fairway).
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I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but yesterday they did the final concrete pour for the Cameron Heights crossover!
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(10-27-2016, 12:24 PM)Canard Wrote: I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but yesterday they did the final concrete pour for the Cameron Heights crossover!
I forgot to post the photo, sorry! But it's only the first section poured, two more remain, as I recall.
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10-27-2016, 01:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-27-2016, 01:22 PM by Canard.)
Oops, I meant it's the final pour for the first half of the crossover - then, 8 more welds, then the segments at either end can be poured.
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I drove yesterday past the GRH station and they seemed to be drilling yet again on freshly poured concrete at that stop.
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10-27-2016, 05:42 PM
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I drove yesterday past the GRH station and they seemed to be drilling yet again on freshly poured concrete at that stop.
Sounds like the accuracy of platform edges is being taken VERY seriously.
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...or they're just doing regular planned work.
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A couple of photos from Duke St today. There is progress, the curbs are poured, and the roadway is graded, but I can't see that they could open College and Water by the end of October as planned, unless they will just put a steel plate over the (future) embedded track to enable traffic to cross.
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