Light Rail construction as of August 26, 2009

This is what the light rail construction looks like as of August 26. They've still got a lot of work to do. The supports on the gravel are for the overhead wires. I mistakenly thought it was for the roadbed (thanks goes to Chris Bamberg, one of my railfan buddies, for this info). HRT says that this line is supposed to be open by January 2010, but given the fact that there's no right-of-way here yet, I'd say it'll be longer than that. I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt and say that it will be completed next summer at the earliest, and January or February 2011 at the latest.

I will make another video here in a couple of months to show the progress of the construction here.

This was my last stop on the line because I had to get going to meet a friend at TCC at noon. She was going to help me with my Algebra homework.

Recorded 8.26.2009

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[VArailfan89]

The light rail system, "The Tide" will serve Norfolk, Virginia. Eventually HRT wants to extend the line to Virginia Beach, but I think it will be at least 2011 or 2012 before that becomes a reality.

Thanks for viewing,

Joey

[piratef2004]

What city is this Light Rail going to serve.