California High Speed Rail, Construction Package 4

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Ferrovial Business Lines Projects California High Speed Rail, Construction Package 4 Wasco, California California Rail Builders California High Speed Rail Authority $450M Total Investment 22mi Length 14 Structures The project is located within the counties of Tulare and Kern, as well as the city of Wasco. It extends approximately 22 miles between one-mile north of the Tulare-Kern County line and Poplar Avenue. Construction Package 4 is the third significant construction contract executed on the Initial Operating Section of the high-speed rail program. It includes construction of at-grade, retained fill and aerial sections of the high-speed rail alignment and the relocation of four miles of existing Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) tracks. Three of the main structures included in the project are: Garces Highway Viaduct The crossing will take high speed trains over Garces Highway. The viaduct will be approximately 102-feet in length, 52-feet wide, with abutments at each end of the structure, and vertical clearance of just over 15 feet. Garces Highway will remain at-grade, and Scofield Avenue will be realigned to become parallel to the high-speed rail alignment. Wasco Viaduct The Wasco Viaduct will take high-speed trains over the existing BNSF freight tracks and is one of 14 structures planned for Construction Package 4.    Pond Road Viaduct Crews are constructing a viaduct that will take high-speed trains over Pond Avenue.

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