Purple Line Tunnel Halfway Complete In Silver Spring

The tunnel being built under Arliss Street in Silver Spring, part of the 16-mile planned light-rail Purple Line that will connect Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, is halfway complete.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Rahn and other state officials got a look at the tunnel construction during a tour Tuesday conducted by the Maryland Department of Transportation.

The tunnel is expected to be completed by 2020, said Nick Tabor, a project engineer with Traylor Bros., which is under the umbrella organization of the Purple Line Transit Partners, the public-private partnership building the light-rail line that will run from Bethesda to New Carollton. The line, which will have 21 stops, is expected to open in 2022. So far, about 500 feet of the 1,020-foot long tunnel have been dug. The tunnel is located 40 to 60 feet below the Long Branch neighborhood.

Click here to read the rest of the article written by Dan Schere over at Bethesda Magazine

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