Projects tagged: Rail

Tryon Road Overhead Bridge

This project involved the widening of I-40/I-440 and a bridge replacement over a Norfolk Southern (NS) rail line on SR 1370 (Tryon Road) in Raleigh, North Carolina. Part of the NCDOT TIP U-4432 project, construction to replace bridge #259 began in mid-2015. The $15M project was completed and the structure accepted by the railroad in…
Read more

Morrisville Parkway

TGS provided construction engineering and inspection services for this grade separation and track realignment project in Morrisville, North Carolina (P-5201). In addition to replacing the railroad crossing with a new railroad bridge over Morrisville Parkway, work involved realignment of curves from Cary Parkway to Crabtree Creek to facilitate bridge construction as well as improve travel…
Read more

Nelson to Clegg Siding/Hopson Road Grade Separation

This NCDOT project (TIP U-4716A/C) involved 3.8 miles of grading, drainage, and trackbed for a new mainline and siding track in Durham and Wake Counties. The project also included a new four-span underpass structure over Hopson Road providing improved safety, efficiency and mobility in the area. TGS provided preliminary engineering, and construction engineering and inspection…
Read more

Upper Twin RR Bridge

In order to replace an aging 1908 historic pin truss bridge with a modern plate girder structure over the French Broad River in Cocke County, Tennessee, TGS provided turn-key engineering services to Norfolk Southern. Over 1 million cubic yards of rock were excavated to improve track alignment and build a causeway in the river to…
Read more