 Owner: City of Portland Location: The project extends the existing City of Portland Streetcar system by approximately six (6) miles. Alignment starts at the existing NW (Pearl District) portion of the line and extends to the Central Downtown of NE Portland via the Broadway Bridge with a flyover bridge at the project’s southern end leading to a terminus station within 1,000 feet of the Stacy and Witbeck Portland area office. This station is adjacent to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Construction also includes a new Maintenance Building. Status: Under Construction Construction Period: June 2009 to Dec. 2011 Contract Amount: Pre-construction Services Phase: $92,500.00 City of Portland Estimated Cost of Construction (Engineers Estimate): $75,000,000.00 Final Amount: TBD via the CM/GC Delivery Method Unique Features: · New 11,000 square foot Light Rail Vehicle Maintenance Facility. · Extensive Structural Modifications to nearly 100 year old Portland landmark bascule Broadway Bridge. Include lead paint abatement and repainting. · CM/GC Procurement Method. · Flyover Bridge of UPRR and Oregon Pacific RR · Alignment runs atop I5 and I84 Interstate overpasses and atop a bridge passing over existing TriMet double light rail track. · Majority of alignment passes through Central Eastside Industrial District home to over 15,000 jobs. · At grade crossing of existing TriMet MAX at two (2) locations. · Completed work will allow use of a new prototype Streetcar vehicle made in Oregon. · City of Portland first time use of federal FTA funds to construct an extension of the Streetcar system. And, as a result requires DBE participation. · Multiple new turnouts and crosses at active Streetcar and TriMet alignments. · New alignment has 25 stops. · Nearly all track work is concrete encased Ri52 girder rail from Austria. |
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Track ties into existing City of Portland Streetcar alignment and makes its way to the nearly 100 year old Broadway Bridge which allows the double track to cross over the Willamette River. The alignment crosses Interstates I5 and I84 heading south along NE MLK Blvd., a four (4) lane high traffic volume thoroughfare, and heads back north along an the equally as busy Grand Avenue . The southern terminus is reached by way of a new flyover bridge over the UPRR leading to a station adjacent to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Total alignment length is in excess of six (6) miles.
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