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11/4/2013
Rail News: Passenger Rail
Santa Clara VTA marks transit project milestone
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) recently acknowledged a major project milestone for the Mission Warren Area Improvements Project in southern Fremont, Calif.
The first Union Pacific Railroad train traveled over one of the two recently completed bridges, spanning Mission Boulevard and Warren Avenue, VTA officials said in a press release.
Shifting UP trains to the new alignment means VTA's contractor can demolish the old freight-rail bridge over Mission Boulevard. After demolition is completed this month, crews will start widening the roadway, including the on/off ramps to Kato Road. The contractor also can complete roadway construction that will grade-separate freight-rail track and future BART track from vehicle traffic, which will travel under a depressed roadway, VTA officials said. The project's completion is slated for early 2015.
The milestone marks UP's relocation from VTA's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Silicon Valley operating corridor in all but one location, which is in Milpitas near Montague Expressway, agency officials said.
"Meeting this milestone is also essential to delivering the BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension project to the citizens of Santa Clara County," said VTA General Manager Michael Burns.