Quick Denver Trippin'
I had a few hours to kill one day before heading to a friend's house for dinner, so I decided to check out the now-complete TREX Project in Denver. Of course, I had to take my camera along.
Gotta hurry, gonna be late
Well, the side trip made me fall behind schedule a bit. Time to pick up the pace.
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Here's a scary thought: every bridge we see here carries light rail traffic, not vehicular traffic.
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Another shot of the flyovers, and we start to see the tunnel ahead.
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This tunnel takes us under the many lanes of mainline 25.
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Just after the tunnel, the ramp has an exit to Belleview.
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Originally, 225 traffic merged onto SB 25 from the left. 225 traffic wanting to exit on Belleview then had to weave across 4 lanes of traffic to exit within 1/4 mile. Now, there's a dedicated exit for the 225ers.
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The Belleview exit and the Union Avenue station.
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Back onto SB 25.
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The speed limit raises just after Belleview now, instead of just after Arapahoe.
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Orchard Avenue is our next exit.
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I found some crews working on the Orchard station.
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The Orchard station. Note the colored glass dividers on the platform.
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A shot of how the light rail lines go over intersections in the Denver Tech Center section.
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Bridge of Light Rail.
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I wasn't able to figure out what the light rail lines are bridging here.
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Approaching Arapahoe. That's a steep grade for the tracks!
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The signs are still on poles, and when the bridge gets in the way, the bridge gets cut.
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Big sign for three words of text!
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Approaching the C-470/E-470 interchange
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This interchange is where 25 loses lanes 4 and 5.
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Three one way, quarter a dozen the other.
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I like how crews addeed fencing on the bridges over the railroad tracks but not over the rest of the roadways.
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The electrical lines for the trains pass close enough to the bridge to warrant red shielding.
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Approaching the Lincoln station. This is the end of the line for the light rail tracks.
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The end of the tracks is at the beginning of the Lincoln Avenue offramp.
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Testing the striping!
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Some of those stripes aren't doing that well.
Well, kids, at this point I realized how late I was getting to my dinner appointment, so I put the camera down and focused on getting there quickly. Hope you enjoyed your tour of the completed TREX project and more! --Ryan
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