West Corridor Light Rail Construction Update

The latest update from RTD on West Corridor light rail construction between the Taj and the Federal Center:

• Work on walls and drainage continues near I-70.
• Light rail bridge construction (pouring piers, footing work, and deck pours) is taking place on both sides of Indiana Street at 6^th Avenue. Crews have stripped the wood forms from the north side of the bridge to expose the concrete setting of the bridge and begin the post-tensioning process between two spans of the bridge.  The wood forms will be placed on the south side to begin pouring there. The 6^th Avenue eastbound on-ramp from Indiana will close March 16, 17 and 18 during nighttime hours.
• Crews continue working on the bridge over Colfax.  They anticipate pouring the deck of the bridge within the next two weeks.
• Ulysses Street in Golden is closed from 6th Avenue north to Mt. Vernon Road to raise the street and install retaining walls. Improvements to the Lena Gulch on Ulysses at 6^th Avenue will be winding down soon.  Retaining wall construction could begin within the next few weeks.
• Work at the Jefferson County Government Center including excavation and retaining wall construction has begun. The current bike path has been detoured down Johnson Road to Jefferson County Parkway.
• Wall construction on the south side of 6^th Avenue west of Simms/Union is near completion.  Excavation and wall construction on the north side of 6^th Avenue from Indiana to Colfax is on-going.
• Construction of the tunnel under Simms/Union will begin this week with the removal of the center median from 4^th Avenue to 6^th Avenue.  Once the median has been removed, crews will work nighttime hours to build the bridge support under the roadway.