Portland Mall track installation complete

Posted by Christian in TriMet on May 17th, 2008 | 3 comments

The final piece of the new Portland Mall MAX track was installed on May 9, marking a big completed milestone for the Portland Mall Light Rail Project. With this being done, here are the numbers for the overall project:

  • All 57 blocks along the Portland Mall now have track installed, totaling 13,000 linear feet (nearly 2.5 miles).
  • Completion of all major light rail construction along 6th Avenue is expected by mid-June.
  • Major construction of the Portland Mall is 90 percent complete and the overall project is 66 percent complete.

Though, I’m wondering – I see a lot of overhanging wires and such at the new mall location being tied around trees… is this permanent? I hope not…



3 Responses to “ “Portland Mall track installation complete”

  1. indy says:
    May 17, 2008 at 8:49 am

    Yes. They have found a way to have an above-ground root system that benefits the trees along the mall.

    :|

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  2. cwm says:
    May 22, 2008 at 11:56 am

    That does sound like a significant milestone. I wonder: does this mean it’s now possible for TriMet bus lines downtown to move west, resuming their usual routes on 5th and 6th Avenues?

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  3. cwm says:
    May 22, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    Ah, never mind…I see on portlandmall.org that a fair amount of work on the downtown mall remains to be done. Still it’s nice to know they’re making progress.

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