Passenger Trains > NEW CSX bridge over Quantico Creek at Quantico, VA.

Has there been any updates on the progress of the new CSX bridge over Quantico Creek at Quantico, VA. We will be on the Amtrak Auto Train 11/24/ and 12/9/. Just wanted to know if the bridge is operational yet.

Track has yet to be laid.

bowers5 Wrote:
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> Has there been any updates on the progress of the
> new CSX bridge over Quantico Creek at Quantico,
> VA. We will be on the Amtrak Auto Train 11/24/
> and 12/9/. Just wanted to know if the bridge is
> operational yet.

According to VRE, the bridge should be cut in and IN USE by or before Spring 2007: the amount of time between now and then will see FRA inspections, track laid & cut into the RF&P Sub's C.Q. dispatcher desk in JAX, and signal testing. Among other items. ONE new track will be laid for now (--late this year and/or early in 2007--), and there is enough room on the new bridge for a SECOND NEW track -- which when added, will make this a 3-track route over Quantico Creek (the current 1-track bridge IS TO REMAIN IN PLACE). Watch for ballast being brought in: when that goes in, crossties and rail won't be far behind. Also something that CSXT is going to do is take [the proper amount] of time to install the connections of the new trackage to the current mainlines. Yes, this is beginning to get interesting.