Rosecrans/Marquardt Grade Separation
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Transportation Project
Description
The Rosecrans/Marquardt project provides a grade separation at the intersection of Rosecrans and Marquardt Avenues from the BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) mainline tracks located in the City of Santa Fe Springs in Los Angeles County, California. This project is an integral part of a larger regionally significant congestion relief and safety project being undertaken by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in partnership with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA), BNSF, and the City of Santa Fe Springs. It is also of regional, state and national significance, as it improves the capacity of a corridor of critical importance to transcontinental goods movement out of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and reflects California’s goal of developing an integrated, multi-modal transportation network and the strategic goals of the U.S. Department of Transportation on behalf of the country’s citizens to ensure the safe, efficient, accessible, and convenient movement of people and goods throughout the United States and to and from international destinations.
The Rosecrans/Marquardt project addresses two significant transportation challenges. The first challenge is safety. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) considers the Rosecrans/Marquardt intersection to be the highest priority railroad grade crossing in California, as rated in the 2016-2017 California Grade Separation Program priority list, which is based on safety-related and other measures. The grade separation will eliminate the existing interface between motor vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, and freight and passenger trains, providing the safest alternative for vehicle and train safety at crossings. The second challenge is overcoming freight and passenger rail operational constraints. The Rosecrans/Marquardt project is the last grade separation project required to complete 15 miles of a third main track between Los Angeles and Fullerton.
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