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RTA Cemeteries Transit Center
Project Information
- Project Location:
- LA
- Status:
- Completed - Jan 2018
- Structure Type:
- Misc Project
Scope Of Work
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, cooperation with Federal Transit Administration, commissioned new Cemeteries Transit Center. This created safer conditions for pedestrians drivers, while improving connectivity between transfers for transit riders. new Cemeteries Transit Center, originally planned to take place over 18 months, was constructed from start to finish in just four months.
was constructed directly adjacent to historic cemeteries structures is located on top a mass burial . On several occasions, phases had to come to a standstill, as remains were encountered during excavation, which required , at times, relocation. Still, throughout all these constraints, the was within tight four-month window.
overhaul City Park Avenue intersection incorporated 1,585 linear feet track concrete track slab, new traffic signals on three vital thoroughfares (Canal Street, City Park Avenue, Canal Boulevard), improved roadway, added new pedestrian signals, added new bus streetcar shelters, added a covered walkway between transfer points.