DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Long portions of steel rails were delivered Friday, July 10, to Addison, Texas along the Silver Line, showing that construction on Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s (DART) $2 billion project is underway.
Manufactured by Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI) in Columbia City, Indiana, the rail traveled 1,100 miles to its new home in North Texas.
The rails arrived to a spot between Marsh Lane and Midway Road as part of an overall shipment of 50 rail segments, each spanning about 1,600 feet long, or slightly longer than 5 football fields.
Preparation for the entire 26-mile Silver Line has been underway since early 2019 to link Plano to DFW Airport. The anticipated completion is 2022.
The new line will provide DART passenger rail connections and service in the northern part of their service area and provide linkages to major population and activity centers, and interface with DART’s three light-rail lines: The Red/Orange Lines in Richardson/Plano, the Green Line in Carrollton and the Orange Line at DFW Airport. At DFW Airport, customers will connect to Trinity Metro’s TEXRail Regional Rail Line to Fort Worth.
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