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August 9, 2023

NEWS RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Authority Completes Seventh Structure in Central Valley in 2023

KERN COUNTY, Calif. –The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) announced today the completion of its seventh high-speed rail structure in the Central Valley this year. The Merced Avenue overcrossing in Kern County is now open to traffic. The Merced Avenue overcrossing and grade separation is located on State Route (SR) 43, south of the city of Wasco in Kern County. This grade separation, designed and constructed by California Rail Builders, spans 509 feet, is 43 feet wide, and takes traffic over SR 43, as well as BNSF and future high-speed rail lines.

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August 3, 2023

PHOTO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Authority Celebrates Completion of Grade Separation Project in City of Wasco

WASCO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority), in collaboration with California Rail Builders and the city of Wasco, today celebrated the completion of the Poso Avenue grade separation project. The underpass is now open to traffic. The Poso Avenue underpass is located between State Route (SR) 43 and J Street and has four lanes and pedestrian access. It will serve as a grade separation, taking traffic and pedestrians under the BNSF freight railroad and future high-speed rail tracks.

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July 18, 2023

PHOTO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Authority Completes Overcrossing in Kern County

KERN COUNTY, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority), in collaboration with California Rail Builders, today announced the completion of the McCombs Road overcrossing in Kern County. This is the fifth high-speed rail structure completed by the Authority in 2023. The McCombs Road overcrossing is located on State Route (SR) 43, north of the city of Wasco in Kern County. This grade separation spans 415 feet, is 40 feet wide and realigns McCombs Road slightly north to take traffic over SR 43 and the future high-speed rail lines.

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July 7, 2023

PHOTO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Completes Overcrossing in Fresno County

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority), in collaboration with Dragados-Flatiron Joint Venture, today announced the completion of the Elkhorn Avenue overcrossing in Fresno County, one of several structures completed in the past month and open to traffic. The Elkhorn Avenue overcrossing is located between Clovis and Fowler avenues, south of the city of Fresno. The structure spans approximately 345 feet, is 40 feet wide and will serve as a grade separation taking traffic over the future high-speed rail lines.

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July 7, 2023

PHOTO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Recognizes Summer Graduates of Central Valley Training Center

SELMA, Calif. – Today, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) recognized 11 students who completed the Central Valley Training Center’s 12-week, pre-apprenticeship program at a graduation ceremony at the Selma Arts Center. The pre-apprenticeship training program is aimed at serving veterans, at-risk young adults, minority, and low-income populations in the Central Valley. The no-cost program provides hands-on construction industry training for those looking to work on the nation’s first high-speed rail project.

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June 28, 2023

NEWS RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Authority Receives $20 Million From Federal Government to Revitalize Historic Fresno Train Depot

FRESNO, Calif. – In a show of continued partnership, the Federal Railroad Administration and the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) announced today that the Authority has received $20 million from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program for the Fresno High-Speed Rail Station Historic Depot Renovation and Plaza Activation Project.

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May 25, 2023

VIDEO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Empowers Students to Pursue Future Rail Careers

FRESNO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today released a video celebrating Fresno State’s first annual K-12 Railroad Model Competition. The video highlights enthusiastic elementary, middle, and high-school students from the Central Valley as they designed railroad track models, created operation plans and delivered presentations on their work as it relates to California’s rich rail history for a competition spanning two semesters.

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May 12, 2023

NEWS RELEASE: California High-Speed Rail Authority Named Employer of Year by International Women in Transportation Organization

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) has received the 2023 WTS Recognition Award – Employer of the Year from the international chapter of the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS). The recognition caps a series of regional “Employer of the Year” awards for the Authority by the Sacramento, Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area WTS chapters over the past 18 months. The Authority was recognized for exemplary efforts to encourage advancement of women’s careers in the transportation sector, which historically has predominantly employed men.

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May 11, 2023

VIDEO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Releases Spring 2023 Construction Update

FRESNO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today released its Spring 2023 Construction Update highlighting continued progress on the nation’s first high-speed rail project, including several completed high-speed rail structures throughout the Central Valley.

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May 10, 2023

PHOTO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Completes Signature Structure in City of Fresno

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority), in collaboration with Tutor-Perini/Zachry/Parsons, today announced the completion of the Cedar Viaduct in Fresno. The 3,700-foot viaduct will take trains travelling at 200-plus mph over State Route (SR) 99, Cedar and North avenues. “At almost three-quarters of a mile long, the Cedar Viaduct is one of our largest and most visible structures across the alignment and one of the significant achievements to date on the program,” said Central Valley Regional Director Garth Fernandez. “The completion of this structure was made possible by our dedicated project team and by the numerous women and men in Labor who brought the project to life.”

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