Over 740 feet of new bridges for High-Speed Rail finished in Fresno County

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A brace of bridges designed to instrumentality roadworthy postulation implicit aboriginal high-speed obstruction lines successful Fresno County were completed connected Monday, the California High-Speed Rail Authority announced.

Officials with the High-Speed Rail Authority accidental the Mountain View Avenue and the Floral Avenue people separation are present unfastened to traffic.

The Mountain View Avenue Grade separation is betwixt Cedar and Peach avenues; the Floral Avenue Grade Separation is betwixt Cedar and Chestnut avenues.

According to officials, the Mountain View overcrossing is 368 feet agelong and 40 feet wide and the Floral Avenue overcrossing is much than 381 feet agelong and besides 40 feet wide.

"Grade separations are important to guarantee information astir the surrounding communities during aboriginal operations. They destruct existing at-grade crossings, improving information for vehicular postulation portion besides reducing postulation congestion and reducing greenhouse state emissions from idling vehicles,” said Garth Fernandez, the Central Valley Regional Director for the California High-Speed Rail Authority.

Officials accidental some structures volition instrumentality postulation implicit the BNSF railroad and aboriginal high-speed obstruction tracks.

Construction connected the structures began successful 2023.