Oldcastle Precast provided 980 track feet of its StarTrack® railroad-crossing system for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority's four light rail grade-crossing rehabilitation projects in Cleveland, Ohio. Oldcastle Precast provided design and production of the 99 precast concrete rail crossing segments, known as the StarTrack® System, as well as 16 precast, tapered approach slabs to upgrade the four light rail crossing areas. The installation work performed at each location had to be completed within a 54-hour time frame to minimize train schedule interruption.

Oldcastle Precast's StarTrack® product is a patterned surface, at grade, fixed rail-crossing segment that is ideal for both railroad tracks and vehicular passage. The precast concrete StarTrack® segments and approach slabs were manufactured at the Telford, Pa., plant.

The GCRTA project consisted of replacing the existing grade crossings, transit track and sidewalks in the immediate vicinity of the crossings with a new concrete crossing surface, asphalt road approaches, new transit track and new concrete sidewalks. The project was funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

RailWorks Track Services, based in Youngstown, Ohio, served as the general contractor for this project and performed the installation services. TranSystems, based in Kansas City, Mo., provided engineering services.