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Jerusalem Light Rail

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Posted by daveklepper on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 4:51 AM

 

Supervising the bridge construction.

Ballast fill befor eveling:

Next tocome will be the testing phase, which began while the bridge and the southernmost track were still under construction.

 

 

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Posted by MidlandMike on Monday, September 18, 2017 9:28 PM

Interesting curved cable-stayed bridge.

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Jerusalem Light Rail
Posted by daveklepper on Monday, September 18, 2017 3:16 AM

Sharing my photos, starting with construction, which began in 2010:

Before construction began, sign preparing people for some disruption:

Former busway prepared for track construction

On Jaffa Road downtown, track to be in pavement in pedestrian and transit road.

At main postoffice:

 

Gauge and location bars at the crossover located north of the Shimon HaTzaddik station:

track fasening:

 

Close-up of switch-points:

Frog:

Track installed on Herzl Boulevard before pavement installation

Paving in process:

Completed paving at crossings:

Yard and shops, ;polds erected but catenary to come.  Pieces of car bodies

April 2012

Cavatrava Bridge of Strings

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