Projects tagged: Rail

Western Wake Expressway

Western Wake Expressway
As part of the third phase of the first toll road in North Carolina, the Triangle Expressway, TGS provided design for a new railroad structure and track plans for CSX. In order to span 8 lanes of traffic, a two-span, 239’ long plate girder structure was designed with MSE wall abutments. Two-stage track plans were…
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Liberty University Vehicular Tunnels

Liberty University Vehicular Tunnels
To provide greater connectivity to the busy commercial district next to campus, twin vehicular tunnels were constructed under two mainlines and one-yard track in Lynchburg, Virginia. This project is believed to be the first North American use of the jacked box construction method in which the box was pulled, instead of pushed. Featured in Engineering…
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Reid to North Kannapolis

Reid to North Kannapolis
This project, part of the NCDOT Piedmont Improvement Program (PIP), involved adding a second mainline and 4.4-miles of new track alignment from Reid to North Kannapolis on part of the busiest rail corridor in North Carolina. The challenge on this project was to provide an alignment that reduced the impacts to property owners and utilities…
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CATS Blueline Extension

CATS Blueline Extension
In order to extend the LYNX Blue Line light rail from uptown Charlotte to UNC-Charlotte, approximately 3 miles of the alignment is located on railroad property. TGS provided preliminary and construction engineering and inspection services for Norfolk Southern on this high-profile $200M project involving the relocation of double mainline tracks. Services Provided: Surveys Preliminary Engineering…
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