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Location: Weehawken, New Jersey
Owner: New Jersey Transit
Client: Washington Group International
00Under a public-private partnership between
New Jersey Transit and Washington Group's 21st Century Rail Corporation,
a light rail transit line is being constructed between Bayonne and Ridgefield
via Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, and North Bergen. The Weehawken Tunnel
Project consists of the rehabilitation of a 1,275-meter long, 7-meter
wide excavated tunnel from a double-track freight rail to a double-track
light rail system. The project includes a large underground station cavern,
a 12-meter diameter, 40-meter deep elevator shaft, and extensive portal
slope stabilization and drainage measures. Controlled blasting will be
the primary means of excavation, with mechanical excavation taking on
a secondary role. The project crosses a densely populated urban area.
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