CHSRA completes grade separation project

The California High-Speed Rail Authority last week announced the completion of the Jackson Avenue grade separation in Kings County, the first high-speed rail structure to be completed in the county.

The new overcrossing, located between State Route 43 and Seventh Avenue, is 212 feet long and 35 feet wide. It's designed to take road traffic over future high-speed rail tracks, CHSRA officials said in a press release.

"Grade separations such as this ensure a safe operating high-speed rail corridor. This is one of several structures in the Central Valley to be completed this year," said CHSRA Central Valley Regional Director Garth Fernandez.

The finished structure follows the completion of a grade separation project at Avenue 15 near Road 29 in Madera County and the South Avenue grade separation project in Fresno County. CHSRA also recently awarded design contracts along the Merced-to-Madera and Fresno-to-Bakersfield sections.