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On Dec. 17, Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA) announced it expects the $107 million Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) Grade Separation Project to be completed in March or April 2004.

The half-mile bridge is designed to span the western part of the Terminal Island Freeway to Coil Avenue in Wilmington, Calif., widening the highway from four to six lanes and eliminating the last remaining grade crossing on the 20-mile Alameda Corridor.

The authority is managing the project's design and construction under an agreement with the California Department of Transportation, which provided $79 million in funds (ACTA and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority each contributed $14 million).

To accommodate construction, PCH has been closed between the Terminal Island Freeway and Coil Avenue since June 1.

Open since April 2002, the Alameda Corridor provides a four-lane, high-speed freight-rail expressway between the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, and transcontinental rail yards near downtown L.A.