One of the many Texas Engineering Landmarks in celebration of Texas ASCE’s Centennial: 1913-2013 “Engineering a Better Texas.” Visit them all!
NOTE: 28 miles of track and 20 stations (and that’s just Phase I!) gives a lot of viewing opportunity. The above coordinates are for the Fair Park Station, but any location along the line will serve as a visit (a comprehensive list of stations is below). Please describe where you were in your log – photos strongly encouraged!!!!
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The DART Green Line Light Rail Expansion of 2010 is the longest light rail transit expansion in North America, consisting of 28 miles of double-track light rail, 5 aerial stations, and 15 at-grade stations – customized to each local community. Engineers for this project worked closely with area stakeholders to determine the needs and preferences of the community. Engineers also collaborated with artists in the design of a large collection of public art to reflect the local culture at each station.
This $1.8 billion project expanded rail service across a highly populated metropolitan area with existing infrastructure, adjacent to active freight lines, two large medical districts, and a high traffic inner-city airport, while maintaining a tight schedule and budget, with minimal disruption to the public. The engineering and construction teams showed resourcefulness throughout the project such as fabrication of an at-grade bridge to protect existing infrastructure and design of track elevation with minimal impact to the flooring pattern of flood plain areas.
Scale and detail together earned the expansion project the Texas Section of the ASCE Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award for 2010.
Records:
Owner- Dallas Area Rapid Transit, contact: Firm CEO, Gary Thomas, P.E.
Engineer- ACT21 (a Joint Venture of STV, Jacobs, KAI-Texas), contact: lead, David Kelly, P.E.
Architect- ACT21, contact: lead, Allan Zreet, AIA
Contractor- Archer Western, contact: Joe Lee
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GREEN LINE STATIONS:
North Carrollton/Frankford - South of Frankford Road and east of I-35E (1717 W. Frankford Rd., Carrollton) N 32° 59.638’ W 096° 56.186’ (
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Trinity Mills Station - Trinity Mills Road and Broadway Street (2525 Blanton Dr., Carrollton) N 32° 58.854’ W 096° 55.589’ (
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Downtown Carrollton Station - Belt Line Road and Broadway Street (1013 N. Denton Dr., Carrollton) N 32° 57. 275’ W 096° 54.476’ (
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Farmers Branch Station - Formerly Farmers Branch Park & Ride; Just south of Valley View Lane on the east side of Denton Drive (12800 Denton Dr., Farmers Branch) N 32° 55.316’ W 096° 53.787’ (
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Royal Lane Station - North of Royal Lane on the east side of Denton Drive (11310 Denton Dr., Dallas) N 32° 53.760’ W 096° 53.287’ (
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Walnut Hill/Denton Station - North of Walnut Hill Lane on the east side of Denton Drive (2815 Walnut Hill Ln., Dallas) N 32° 52.930’ W 096° 53.021’ (
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Bachman Station - South of Northwest Hwy. on the west side of Denton Drive (9739 Denton Dr., Dallas) N 32° 51.225’ W 096° 52.652’ (
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Burbank Station - Just north of Burbank Street, west of Denton Drive (8851 Denton Dr., Dallas) N 32° 50.581’ W 096° 51.730’ (
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Inwood/Love Field Station - Southwest corner of Inwood Road and Denton Drive (2720 Inwood Rd., Dallas) N 32° 49.345’ W 096° 50.008’ (
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Southwestern Medical District/Parkland Station - North of Medical District Drive (formerly Motor Street), east of Harry Hines Boulevard (2101 Medical District Dr., Dallas) N 32° 48.763’ W 096° 49.980’ (
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Market Center Station - Harry Hines Boulevard and Vagas Street (4301 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas) N 32° 48.288’ W 096° 49.403’ (
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Victory Station - West side of the American Airlines Center (2525 Victory Ave., Dallas) N 32° 47.395’ W 096° 48.741’ (
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West End Station - Pacific Avenue, between Market & Lamar streets N 32° 46.849’ W 096° 48.330’ (
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Akard Station - Pacific Avenue, between Akard and Field streets N 32° 46.911’ W 096° 48.044’ (
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St. Paul Station - Bryan Street, between St. Paul and Harwood streets N 32° 47.089’ W 096° 47.811’ (
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Pearl/Arts District Station - Bryan Street, east of Pearl Street N 32° 47.185’ W 096° 47.655’ (
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Deep Ellum Station - Good-Latimer Expressway and Gaston Avenue (450 N. Good-Latimer, Dallas) N 32° 47.169’ W 096° 47.331’ (
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Baylor University Medical Center Station - Hall and Junius streets (2900 Junius, Dallas) N 32° 47.190’ W 096° 46.929’ (
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Fair Park Station - Parry Avenue and Exposition Avenue (3710 Parry Avenue, Dallas) (
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MLK, Jr. Station - North of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, near Trunk Avenue and South Boulevard and adjacent to the J.B. Jackson, Jr. Transit Center (1412 S. Trunk Ave., Dallas) N 32° 46.430’ W 096° 45.881’ (
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Hatcher Station - Hatcher Street and Scyene Road (4003 Hatcher St., Dallas) N 32° 45.981’ W 096° 44.504’ (
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Lawnview Station - Lawnview Avenue and Scyene Road (5900 Scyene Rd., Dallas) N 32° 45.935’ W 096° 43.258’ (
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Lake June Station (Formerly Lake June Transit Center) - Lake June Road and Gillette Street, east of U.S. Highway 175 (6410 Lake June Road, Dallas) N 32° 43.956’ W 096° 42.552’ (
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Buckner Station - Buckner Boulevard and Elam Road (8008 Elam Rd., Dallas) N 32° 43.111’ W 096° 41.087’ (
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FURTHER READING (a partial list):
DART Green Line Facts: (
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DART.org: (
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DART.org Green Line Media Kit: (
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DART.org Green Line Phase II (
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Wikipedia: (
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Hungry on DART’s Green Line? (
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Mass Electric Construction DART Green Line (CMGC-1) (
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Dallas History Green Line construction (
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Texas Construction “2010 Texas Contractor of the Year: Archer Western” (
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Light Rail Now (
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Consultant Achievements: DART Green Line Extension (
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ENR: DART named 2013 Owner of the Year (
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Bowman Engineers: Green Line (
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Railworks Today “DART Opens Big, Bold Green Line Expansion” (
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Progressive Railroading “DART light-rail project recognized for 'outstanding' civil engineering” (
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STV “DART GREEN LINE PROJECT WINS TEXAS OUTSTANDING CIVIL
ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” (
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AP Engineering Consultant” Green Line Project (
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CARCON Industries and STL Engineers have a Knack for High-Profile Projects (
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A Case Study of DART Rail – Dallas, TX (
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DART Southeast Corridor Construction Under Way (
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