With all the work the LIRR Expansion Project completed on the Main Line this past summer, we wanted to share with you how the MTA managed to achieve so many milestones on time. To get to the bottom of it, AModernLI spoke with LIRR Force Account Manager Steve Leidner to learn more about the successful bridge roll-ins over the summer and the construction crews that made it happen.
Penn Station, one of the busiest transportation hubs in the U.S., is undergoing a massive transformation from its easternmost edge at 7th Avenue with East End Gateway to its westernmost edge at 9th Avenue with Moynihan Train Hall. Work on the new East End Gateway has been underway since September….
The Port Jefferson Branch, along the beautiful North Shore of Long Island, is where you’ll find some of Long Island’s loveliest and oldest LIRR stations. The modernization of four of these stations – Port Jefferson, Stony Brook, Northport and Syosset – was completed this year, with impeccable renovations of…
Know any big train enthusiasts? The LIRR Expansion Project Team may have met some of them this past Friday night. Over 30 members of the Long Island Sunrise Trail Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) held their monthly meeting at the project’s Community Information Center (CIC) in Mineola.
The rehabilitation of the Flushing Main Street Bridge is complete! The Flushing Main Street Bridge, built in 1913, is in Flushing, Queens, and serves the Port Washington Branch, carrying two Port Washington Branch tracks over five lanes of vehicular traffic. The bridge experienced years of deterioration, and rehabilitation was necessary…
An Arctic blast, straight from the Great White North, recently hit Long Island, but it didn’t stop crews from getting the recently enhanced Ronkonkoma Station and the renovated Hicksville Station building gussied up for the holidays! The weather is brisk, but the mood has become decidedly festive: lampposts have been…
The LIRR has been recognized by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a program that has dramatically improved railroad safety through flexible delineators at railroad crossings and enhanced GPS alerts. The FRA is recommending other American railroads review research on the LIRR program and consider making similar upgrades at problematic…
The East Side Access “Tunnel D” Approach Structure is now complete. Tunnel D, which will serve as the primary outbound route from Grand Central Terminal to Long Island, connects at the newly-built Plaza Interlocking in Queens to the Main Line 2 and 4 tracks in Harold Interlocking, the busiest rail…
Erection of the concrete parking structure on Harrison Avenue has progressed quickly with the use of precast concrete panels, saving time and cost. Over the next few months the construction team will transform the structure into a completed parking facility by installing mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and architectural finishes….
The elimination of the Urban Avenue grade crossing was an exciting milestone for LIRR Expansion Project: residents now have less noise from passing trains and emissions from queued cars, no more waiting at the gates…the trouble is, according to residents, Urban Avenue is prone to flooding. One resident remarked, prior…
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