August 19, 2008

GO Transit corridor gets quick upgrade thanks to pre-assembled bridge section

TORONTO

The Credit River Bridge along the GO Transit Lakeshore West corridor was widened recently to improve rush-hour service.

The expansion process took just six hours and new and innovative technology was used to install the pre-assembled bridge section, which adds a third mainline track to the existing two-track bridge.

The installation process provided a safer and more cost-effective alternative to the more common practice of assembling the expansion over the bridge.

As the bridge span was pre-assembled and slid into place overnight, GO Transit was able to complete the process without any interruption to service.

The third track addition is part of a project to widen the Lakeshore West line to improve peak period service for the 60,000 GO Transit commuters who travel in and out of downtown Toronto daily.

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