Long-Awaited Light Rail System Snakes Toward New York's JFK

摘要

It's a vista that borders on the surreal: Giant concrete mushrooms line the median of the Van Wyck Expressway in New York City's borough of Queens and offer motorists, often at a standstill, a glimpse of a long-dreamed vision turning into reality. The clusters of 120-ft-tall columns will support a light rail transit link between Manhattan and John F. Kennedy Airport. The 8.4-mile project combines the biggest scope in both precast concrete segmental work and design-build-operate-maintain contracting ever in New York City.