Second Street will be closed at Santa Fe Street for eight weeks beginning Monday, June 23, 2008. Dondlinger & Sons Construction, Inc. will remove the remaining portions of the old railroad bridge on the Central Rail Corridor and continue constructing the new larger structure that is currently two-thirds complete. The closure will occur at the railroad tracks and full access to Old Town businesses will be maintained.
During the closure, traffic will be detoured to Central Avenue. Large trucks may choose to detour to Murdock because there is now full 15’-6” clearance beneath the new railroad bridge.
These improvements mark the second and final phase of construction for the new railroad bridge at 2nd Street, which has been carrying one line of train traffic since October 16, 2007. When complete, the bridge will have capacity for three overhead tracks, with three westbound driving lanes and sidewalks below, plus an overhead clearance of 15’-6” for large trucks.
This work is part of the City’s downtown Central Railroad Corridor Project that includes new railroad bridges at First, Second, Central, Murdock, and 13th Streets, plus improvements at Douglas Avenue Bridge. Work on the $105 million Central Corridor began on April 18, 2005 and will be completed in four phases to elevate railroad tracks onto new bridges, while maintaining vehicular traffic below. This will be a major accomplishment in improving downtown traffic flow. Work is to be completed in the fall of 2009.
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