HART marks completion of four miles of guideway

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) has completed four miles of the system's elevated guideway. The four-mile mark is along Farrington Highway near Leoku Street in Waipahu.

 

Crews have now constructed more than 170 spans. To date, 290 foundations have been completed and 204 columns have been built, as the guideway makes its way through Waipahu.

“We continue to make progress on the construction of our rail project,” said HART Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Dan Grabauskas.

The guideway segments are cast at the project’s casting yard in Kapolei and a single span requires about 12 segments. Each segment weighs about 50 tons and about 3,290 segments have been cast in preparation for guideway construction.

In addition, work continues to progress at the project’s 43-acre Rail Operations Center near Leeward Community College. And the first two rail cars are on schedule to arrive in Honolulu in the first quarter of 2016.

 

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