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Metro-North plans Moodna Viaduct work
 
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August 11, 2008
 
 

CORNWALL, N.Y. -Prospective contractors toured  the Moodna Viaduct in advance 
of $21 million of work that commuter agency MTA  Metro-North Railroad plans 
for the bridge starting this fall, the Middletown  (N.Y.) Times Herald-Record 
has reported. Bids for the work are due on Aug.  21.

The Erie Railroad built the Moodna Viaduct a century ago; it opened  in 1909 
as part of a low-grade freight route for freight between northern New  Jersey 
and Binghamton, N.Y. At its highest point, the 3,200-foot-long viaduct  stands 
193 feet above the valley below, carrying Metro-North's Port Jervis Line  
through the Schunemunk Mountains. Currently it hosts 25 commuter trains a day,  
plus some Norfolk Southern local freights. NS owns the line, but leases it to  
Metro-North, whose trains run between Port Jervis, N.Y., and Hoboken Terminal 
in  New Jersey. 

The work that Metro-North considers "priority repairs" will  be conducted 
this fall at a cost of several million dollars. The rest will occur  as part of 
the railroad's capital plan starting in 2010. Repairs slated for this  fall 
include fixing deteriorating concrete piers, expansion joints, column  anchor 
rods, girder connections, gusset plates, and bolts. None of this work  will 
affect rush-hour train service.

The agency has already replaced 44  miles of track and 81,000 ties on the 
Port Jervis line, in addition to upgrading  signals and repairing some bridges. 

"We think we've made the ride more  comfortable and more reliable, and we're 
not done yet," said M-N spokeswoman  Marjorie Anders. 





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