DART CM/GC-1 Green Line Extension
Location
Dallas, Texas
Owner
Dallas Authority Rapid Transit (DART)
Architect
Carter Burgess, Jacobs Civil, STV and KAI Alliance
Contract Value
$423,000,000
This project included a milestone-driving 54-month schedule of 12.3 miles of new track expansion connecting to existing infrastructure alignment and an intricate three-phase system testing. Line sections were constructed alongside an existing railroad through residential, industrial and urban areas into downtown. The project also included nine at-grade stations, two aerial stations and four parking lots with a total of 1,507 parking spaces.
The project was awarded the 2011 Institute of Transportation Engineers, Inc. Public Agency Council Achievement Award of Excellence for Innovative Practice.