Fwd: Feds to help fund bridge repairs in Massachusetts, Rep. Tsongas says

[dave pierson]

[Haverhill]

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/mow/news/Feds-to-help-fund-bridge-repairs-in-Massachusetts-Rep-Tsongas-says--36193

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Feds to help fund bridge repairs in Massachusetts, Rep. Tsongas says

The federal government will provide $10 million
to help fund repair and reconstruction work
for a railroad bridge across the Merrimack River
in Haverhill, Mass., according to
U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Mass.). The funds will be
provided through the
Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery III program.

For the past several years, speed and weight restrictions
have been in place for trains crossing the two-track bridge,
which was built in 1919. The bridge is used by Pan Am Railways,
Amtrak Downeaster and the
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority as part of
freight- and passenger-rail services between
Portland, Haverhill and Boston.

The bridge improvements will enable the structure to accommodate
286,000-pound freight cars, and allow the railroads to
increase passenger train speeds from 15 mph to 40 mph or
60 mph and freight train speeds from 5 mph to 30 mph.
In addition, the project will eliminate passenger and
freight train conflicts, helping to boost reliability
and on-time performance.

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