The Alameda Corridor is a 20-mile-long dedicated freight rail expressway linking the nation’s busiest port complex – Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach – to the rail yards east of downtown Los Angeles and on to the transcontinental rail network across the United States.  The Corridor reduces over 200 at-grade conflicts between freight rail traffic, and passenger rail and vehicular traffic. The project is a series of bridge overpasses and underpasses. The centerpiece of the project is a 10-mile long, 51-feet wide, and 31-feet deep trench. Construction of the Alameda Corridor began in early 1999 and was completed in April of 2002.  Train service commenced on April 15, 2002, allowing freight trains to travel between the ports and the downtown freight rail yards in less than 45 minutes instead of the two plus hours it used to take prior to the start of Corridor operations.

Due to the size and complexity of the 2.4 Billion Dollar construction project, Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA) used a program management approach for the planning, design and construction of the project. The Alameda Corridor Engineering Team (ACET) was formed in October of 1995 to serve as the program manager. The joint venture team of ACET includes the firms of DMJM Harris, Moffatt & Nichol, Jenkins/Gales & Martinez, and TELACU.

ACET, working with ACTA, was responsible for overall management of the project. ACET was the prime engineer on many of the civil and structural projects that make up the Corridor, as well as providing support to ACTA.  ACET worked with the hundreds of engineers that have contributed to the Project, both within the ACET team as well as outside consultants.

ACET continues in a supporting role to ACTA on project closeout and development of future projects to benefit the region.

For additional information regarding the Alameda Corridor and the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority visit ACTA’s website at www.acta.org.

 

 

 

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