RTD FasTracks rolls out 1.2 million pound bridge over 6th Avenue
— May 03, 2010 — On the weekend of May 1, 2010, a 286-foot, 600-ton light rail bridge was rolled into place over 6th Avenue as part of the FasTracks West Corridor Project. The highway was opened 30 hours earlier than anticipated.
The joint decision by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), RTD and its contractor to completely close the highway for one full weekend reduced what could have been months of lane closures. By assembling the bridge on the side of the highway over the past several months and rolling the bridge into place over a weekend substantially minimized the impact to commuters traveling on 6th Avenue.
The 12.1-mile West Corridor light rail project is the first of the FasTracks corridors to start construction. The West Corridor line will operate between Denver Union Station in downtown Denver and the Jefferson County Government Center in Golden; serving Denver, Lakewood, the Denver Federal Center, Golden and Jefferson County. The corridor is scheduled to open to the public in 2013.
Click here to watch a time-lapse video of the process.
