The Washington Post, 7/15/22
An early look at plans for new rail, pedestrian bridges over the PotomacThe $2 billion rail project between D.C., Virginia is on track to double capacity over the Potomac River by 2030
Virginia is advancing a $2 billion plan to expand freight and passenger train traffic over the Potomac River, hoping to alleviate a growing bottleneck at a bridge that has connected the Southern and Northeastern U.S. for more than a century.
The plan calls for a new two-track span parallel to the Long Bridge, which serves as the main route for trains traveling south of the nation’s capital. The new span between Washington and Arlington would double train capacity to support commerce and increasing demands for passenger rail along the busy East Coast corridor.
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Virginia unveiled design concepts for the project this month, the state’s latest move to expand rail options across the state. It’s part of a $3.7 billion deal Virginia sealed last year with Amtrak and CSX that would bolster capacity, expand routes to new cities and ease rail connections to the nation’s capital.
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