Watch: Crews complete high-speed rail viaduct in California
Written by RT&S Staff
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California High Speed Rail Authority
The California High-Speed Rail Authority announced the completion of Poso Creek Viaduct in Kern County, the first completed structure in the 22-mile segment of high-speed rail from the Tulare-Kern county line to Poplar Avenue in Kern County known as Construction Package 4. It is the fourth high-speed rail structure completed in the Central Valley since August.
Construction on the Poso Creek Viaduct, located south of Blankenship Avenue and west of SR 43 just north of the city of Wasco, included several environmental protections. Crews followed strict guidelines and preventive measures to protect the Poso Creek bed with silt fencing and fiber rolls, and safely diverted area wildlife with exclusionary fencing.
“Our goal is to deliver the greenest infrastructure project in the nation, and we’re doing that by protecting our natural resources and important habitats like Poso Creek,” said Garth Fernandez, interim Central Valley Regional Director. “Thanks to the hard work of our crews and through effective mitigation efforts, we were able to complete this project and restore the environmental footprint to its original state.”
The viaduct structure spans more than 240 ft long and 56 ft wide and will allow high-speed trains to cross over Poso Creek.
In August and September, three structures part of Construction Package 1 in Madera County opened to traffic, including grade separations at Avenue 10, Avenue 15, and Avenue 7.
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