The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s November 2021 Construction Update highlights the progress being made on the nation’s first high-speed rail project. With more completed projects and significant advancement on others, there is steady progress across all high-speed rail construction packages from Madera to Wasco. Featured structures include the Road 27 Grade Separation, Cedar Viaduct, Hanford Viaduct, Tule River Viaduct, and the Wasco Viaduct, among others. The Authority currently has 119 miles under construction in the Central Valley within three construction packages. Design-builder contractors Tutor-Perini/Zachry/Parsons, Dragados-Flatiron/Joint Venture, and California Rail Builders together have 35 active construction sites with an average of 1,000 workers dispatched each day. For more information about ongoing construction, visit: www.buildhsr.com

Wasco Viaduct and Pergola. July 2021

Garces Highway Viaduct in Kern County.

McCombs Road Bridge. July 2021

Kimberlina Viaduct in Kern County south of Wasco. July 2021

Keith Villagrana and Desrae Ruiz, Ironworkers

In anticipation for a full road closure along Elkhorn Avenue, crews conducted road work along the Fowler-Elkhorn bypass. - May 2021

Hanford Viaduct total length is 6,334 ft. The superstructure consists of 978 California Wide Flange Girders. This is the largest structure, not only on CP2-3, but on the entire project so far. - May 2021

With the deck and superstructure nearly complete at the South Avenue Grade Separation completed in Fresno County, crews are now paving the structure and installing guard rail along the structure. - May 2021

At State Route 43 in Fresno County, crews are working on the footings and columns on east side of SR 43 for the future Tied Arch Bridge. - May 2021

April 2021 drone footage of the Wasco Viaduct. www.BuildHSR.com (Projects) .... OVERVIEW The Wasco Viaduct will take high-speed trains over the existing BNSF freight tracks and will be nearly 2,000 feet long when complete. LOCATION The Wasco Viaduct is located south of the City of Wasco near Jackson Avenue. CURRENTLY The Wasco Viaduct continues to take shape with plenty of work happening across the entire structure. To the north, crews are placing temporary forms for future sound walls that will reach 34-feet high. Close by, crews are placing the bulk head on the end of the section footing in preparation for a concrete pour. Nearly 290 cubic-yards will be needed for the footing. At the pergola section crews continue to tie rebar on the upper edge girders while carpenters are placing forms for the upper edge girder for concrete placement.

Flying over the CV in April of 2021. www.BuildHSR.com (Projects) .... OVERVIEW The 2,000 foot Conejo Viaduct will carry high-speed trains over the existing BNSF rail line, Conejo Avenue, and Peach Avenue. LOCATION From Conejo Avenue to Clarkson Avenue, west of State Route 43 in Fresno County CURRENTLY At the northern portion of the Conejo Viaduct in Fresno County, crews continue to place concrete to form the bents and columns of the substructure. To the south, crews continue to erect the column flares, the portion of the column that supports the superstructure. When complete, the 2,000-foot Conejo Viaduct will carry high-speed trains over the BNSF rail line, Conejo and Peach avenues.

At Davis Avenue, crews are working on the mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) coping, the portion of the retaining wall that hides the top edge of the facing panels.- May 2021

Aerial view of the Cedar Viaduct. Visit the project page to see more aerial photos. - May 2021

Crews have kicked off work at the Tulare Street and Ventura Street underpasses. Both underpasses will serve as grade separations eliminating the current Union Pacific railroad crossings. - May 2021

Aerial look at the columns that will make up the Conjeo pergola and viaduct. - May 2021

On the west side of McCombs Road, crews are hauling embankment fill for the future overcrossing. - May 2021

San Joaquin River Viaduct is the Northern Gateway into Fresno. - May 2021

At Road 27, crews continue to haul embankment on the west side of the structure and approximately 150,000 cubic yards of embankment fill has been hauled to date.

At the Tule River Viaduct in Tulare County, traffic has been rerouted to allow crews to begin substructure work including drilling and setting rebar cages for the future columns of the viaduct. - May 2021