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City of Arcadia discusses a costly proposal, the building of a rail bridge over the Santa Anita Avenue crossing of the Gold Line.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29310
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Santa Anita Avenue crossing
Rail bridge
Item ID
29494AN
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Newspaper Index
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Construction of the Gold Line Bridge in Arcadia, over the 210 Freeway, will cause eight more full overnight eastbound lane closures through March 17, between Rosemead Boulevard and Santa Anita Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32850
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Bridges
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
33047AN
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Yesterday Arcadia city officials celebrated the groundbreaking of a nearly $12.5 million Gold Line bridge that will be built over Santa Anita Avenue, south of Colorado Boulevard. Starting on or near May 1, the new bridge's construction, which would take 7 months, will cause lane closures on Santa Anita Avenue, disruptions and detours, including not being able to enter In-N-Out Burger from Santa Anita Avenue for 4 months. The bridge is being paid for by a voter-approved bond measure and city transportation funds.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33478
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Bridges
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
33673AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia wrestles with homeless issue. Metro Gold Line is seen as factor by some in the growing numbers camping nearby. In 2016, the Arcadia Station of Metro Gold Line opened and police began seeing a marked increase in calls for service regarding homelessness, said Sergeant Dan Crowther.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35544
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Arcadia Station
Homeless
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Social problems
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Newspaper Index
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Gold Line construction extends closure of Colorado Boulevard for another three weeks, until the third week of May, due to underground utility work. See hard copy in VF Railroads-Light Rail-Gold Line.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33493
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2013
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bridges
Colorado Boulevard bridge
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33687AN
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Newspaper Index
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Colorado Boulevard between Santa Anita Avenue and San Antonio Road will be closed for nearly 5 months to allow crews to build a bridge needed for Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension. The Colorado Boulevard bridge is one of three Gold Line bridges to be built on Arcadia streets. The stretch of Colorado Boulevard will be closed 24 hours/day, 7 days/week until April 30.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33336
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2013
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p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33532AN
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has voted to fully fund the $690 million Gold Line Foothill Extension, from Pasadena to Azusa, and to complete it by 2014, with money from Measure R. Measure R was approved by voters in the November 2008 election. It created a half-cent county sales tax intended for transportation projects. The MTA has the funding for the first phase of the Gold Line light rail to Azusa. The first phase is an 11-mile extension that includes stops in Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31950
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
32147AN
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Newspaper Index
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During construction on the Gold Line's Santa Anita Avenue bridge, In-N-Out Burger customers will be asked to line up their cars on Colorado Boulevard, instead of Santa Anita Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33368
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bridges
In-N-Out Burger
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Item ID
33564AN
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Lack of train cars may delay the openings of the Expo Line Phase 2 from Culver City to Santa Monica and the Gold Line Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa. Metro reports delivery of rail cars won't be complete until January 2017, while construction of the extensions should be done July/August (Expo) and late September (Gold Line), of 2015. The builder of the train cars is Kinkisharyo International, a Japanese company that is assembling the light rail trains in Palmdale, California. The Expo Line needs 42 cars and the Gold Line needs 15.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34025
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Balian, Habib
Kinkisharyo International
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Item ID
34219AN
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A memorandum of understanding between the Blue Line Construction Authority board and the 13-member Gold Line Phase Two Construction Authority board will determine how much control the 11 cities from Arcadia to Montclair will get over the $1.3 billion rail expansion.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26501
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 6, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 6, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Gold Line
Blue line
Metro Rail
Metorlink Trains
Item ID
26702AN
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Gold Line Foothill Extension Authority officials unveiled a San Gabriel Valley-themed design for a rail bridge honoring local wildlife and native cultures. The span of the 739-foot bridge will stretch diagonally across the 210 Freeway to Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia. It will be adorned by four basket-shaped columns and the bridge itself will have individual grooves resembling the scales of a snake. Andrew Leicester is the artist and designer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31849
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Bridges
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Public Art
Item ID
32046AN
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Newspaper Index
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Metro adds Gold Line service. Every train will run from Azusa Pacific University/Citrus College to East Los Angeles. Due to unprecedented demand, the Gold Line will run every seven minutes during peak morning and afternoon hours on weekdays. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 2, June 30, 2016 "LA Metro improves Gold Line; relieves crowding for SGV communities."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34589
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 25, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 25, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A10
Subjects
Light Rail
Mass transit
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Railroads
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
34781AN
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Newspaper Index
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Gold Line Bridge over the 210 Foothill Freeway is progressing and artist Andrew Leicester, creator of the woven Native American basket design, approves. The final details of the $18.6 million bridge, including lighting and landscaping, will be completed next month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33261
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 14, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 14, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bridges
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33458AN
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Construction of 210 Freeway Gold Line bridge near Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia, is nearing completion. Work should be complete in 3 months. Nighttime closures of the freeway will cause delays. The bridge will allow connection between Pasadena's Sierra Madre Villa Station and the future Arcadia Station. It is the first piece of the $735 million, 11.5 mile Pasadena-to-Azusa Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33157
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33354AN
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Newspaper Index
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Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension moves ahead. Contractor Kiewit Parsons is given full "notice to proceed" to build the 11.5 mile route for the light rail train from Pasadena to Azusa, with a stop in Arcadia, by a planned 2015 completion date.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32910
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Kiewit Parsons
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
33107AN
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The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority opened bidding yesterday on Phase 2A of the light rail's extension toward Azusa, which would make a stop in Arcadia. The project is estimated to cost more than $450 million with a completion date in 2017. Measure R guarantees full funding for the Gold Line Extension minus a gap of $500,000. With possible help from a private investment, the completion could be moved up to 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32161
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2010
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p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
32358AN
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Newspaper Index
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L-Line Extension. Claremont Councilman Ed Reece to chair light rail line board, the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority Board of Directors. The extension of the L-Line (formerly Gold Line) from Glendora to Pomona is 40% finished and scheduled for completion in early 2025. Reece will oversee the extension to Claremont and Montclair. The light rail line serves Arcadia, Pasadena, East Los Angeles and Los Angeles's Chinatown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36156
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A7
Subjects
Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority Board
Light Rail
L-Line (formerly Gold Line)
Trains
Transportation
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The proposed site for Arcadia's Gold Line station is just east of Santa Anita Avenue, at the First Avenue/Santa Clara intersection. City leaders want to separate the railroad tracks from the street.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28351
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 19, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 19, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Gold Line --Pasadena to Montclair
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Item ID
28548AN
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Newspaper Index
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The 11.5 mile light rail Gold Line extension from Pasadena to Azusa was awarded to Foothill Transit Constructors. Kiewit-Parsons, a joint venture company, will design and build the project. Funding comes from Measure R.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32468
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Contractors
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
32667AN
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Newspaper Index
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The city council has decided to appropriate $35,000 toward the design of a light rail bridge over Santa Anita Avenue. This is to pay for early design work needed for an environmental impact report. The bridge project is expected to cost the city $10.7 million which may come from a bond. The Construction Authority would pay $18.4 million bringing total bridge cost to $29.1 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29512
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension - Construction Authority
Light rail bridge
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Santa Anita Avenue
Item ID
29696AN
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Newspaper Index
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