After nearly three years of construction, VTA has reached another major milestone that indicates that the project remains on track – literally. Joint venture contractor Skanska, Shimmick, Herzog (SSH) recently installed the first set of tracks for VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension. Approximately 7,100 feet of rail is in the ground north of Kato Road in the city of Fremont. In the city of Milpitas, 3,500 feet was placed south of Dixon Landing Road for a combined total of two miles of trackway.
All of the materials used for the track installation were sourced in the United States. The 420 tons of rail was fabricated in one of America’s oldest steel mills and is made of 99 percent recycled materials. The 12,000 cubic yards (3,240 tons) of track bed consisting of rock (ballast) was provided by Vulcan Materials, a Los Gatos based company.
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