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Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority announced that structural work is complete for Gold Line Bridge over Interstate 210 Freeway. "The bridge can now stand on its own," said Construction Authority CEO Habib F. Balian. The bridge is a 584-linear foot, $18.6 million rail bridge that helps extend the Gold Line from Pasadena to Azusa, in this first segment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33151
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2012
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2012
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Balian, Habib
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
Transportation
Item ID
33348AN
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A sculptural 584-foot Metro Gold Line bridge, that will span the eastbound 210 Freeway, is under construction now. The $18.6 million bridge will be a dramatic gateway to the San Gabriel Valley. The bridge builder is Skanska USA Civil. The bridge's design concept of Native American baskets was designed by artist Andrew Leicester. The bridge should be completed in summer 2012. The bridge will have a built-in technology that can gauge damage to underground pilings after an earthquake. The entire 11.5 mile eastward Gold Line Foothill Extension through Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa is due to be finished in 2015.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32557
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
October 4, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News,
Date
October 4, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bridges
Construction
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
Skanska USA Civil
Transportation
Item ID
32756AN
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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
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p. A3
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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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Metro Gold Line Bridge, which represents woven baskets, over the 210 Foothill Freeway near Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia, gets its fifth award. The latest one was "Best Project in Southern California" for highways and bridges from Engineering News-Record, a national trade journal on construction and design. The award was presented to Habib Balian, CEO of Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority. Sharing in the award was AECOM, the lead architectural firm that implemented the concept from artist Andrew Leicester and Skanska USA, the construction contractor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33698
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2013
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2013
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Awards
Balian, Habib
Bridges
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33894AN
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Newspaper Index
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Foothill Gold Line extension is complete. Metro anticipates starting service between Pasadena and Azusa in the spring. It cost $1 billion.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34315
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Metro Gold Line--Foothill Extension
Balian, Habib
Light rail trains
Railroads
Transportation
Item ID
34508AN
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Newspaper Index
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Gold Line bridge construction work on track; more eastbound 210 Freeway closures ahead. Motorists can expect up to 14 more full-lane, night closures in the coming weeks as workers complete a temporary structure needed to support the $18.6 million Gold Line Bridge. The bridge is expected to be completed next summer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32833
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33030AN
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Gold Line bridge construction work will cause up to 20 nights of complete closures on the 210 Freeway in the next two months. The freeway bridge is the first part of the $735 million, 11.5 mile Pasadena to Azusa Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32828
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33025AN
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Newspaper Index
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Gold Line bridge across the 210 Freeway just west of Santa Anita Avenue is underway. There is a temporary support structure across the lanes which allows trucks under 15 feet tall to pass freely. When the structure is complete, the Gold Line Construction Authority says the height allowance will be 19 feet. The $18.6 million, 584-foot Gold Line Bridge, the first component of the 11.5 mile Pasadena to Azusa Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension, started last summer and expected to be completed later this year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32841
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 23, 2012
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 23, 2012
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
33038AN
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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
Pages
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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Gold Line Bridge wins prestigious architectural design recognition from ArchDaily in its Top 100 Projects of the last decade. The "bridge baskets" were designed by artist Andrew Leicester.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34595
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
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p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia Gold Line Bridge
Architecture
Awards
Leicester, Andrew
Light Rail
Mass transit
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Railroads
Train bridge
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
34787AN
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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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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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Work continues on Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension project. Workers installed a 130-foot-high steel cage that will make up a portion of a rapid transit bridge spanning the eastbound 210 Freeway between Baldwin Avenue and Santa Anita Avenue. When complete, the 584-foot-long, $18.6 million Metro Gold Line bridge will be buttressed by columns designed to resemble Native American baskets. The bridge work is expected to be completed in the summer of 2012, while the entire 11.5-mile extension is due to be finished 2015. The bridge contractor is Skanska USA Civil. Construction of the rest of the line may be delayed due to problems with Monrovia's Redevelopment Agency.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32527
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Bridges
Construction
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
32726AN
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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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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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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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Artist Andrew Leicester, 61, has been chosen to design a bridge meant to be an iconic gateway to the San Gabriel Valley along the Gold Line Foothill Extension. The bridge will cost an estimated $20-25 million to build. Leicester, who is based in Minneapolis, plans to incorporate artistic traditions from the Native American tribes of the San Gabriel Valley (Chumash and Gabrielenos a.k.a. Tongva), and references to the region's native animal and plant life, into a contemporary structure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31620
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bridges
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Public Art
Item ID
31817AN
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Newspaper Index
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A Metro Gold Line deal to purchase land in Monrovia for a maintenance yard for $56 million, from George Brokate, a Marine veteran from Newport Beach, has been reached. This cleared the last major obstacle to the $735 million Pasadena to Azusa Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension. Photo shows the Gold Line bridge over the 210 Freeway in Arcadia under construction.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32849
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2012
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p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2012
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Brokate, George
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension--Construction Authority
Monrovia
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
33046AN
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Newspaper Index
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Foothill Gold Line construction update. The Gold Line light rail from Pasadena to Azusa has now surpassed 85% complete. Overview of bridge construction, track completion, grade crossings, and train testing. Substantial completion of entire project remains on schedule for late September 2015, when the project as a whole will be turned over to Metro for pre-revenue service. Metro will decide when the line will open for passenger service.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34152
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 11, 2015
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 11, 2015
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
34346AN
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New Gold Line Bridge a wonderful gift. The design of the Foothill Basket Bridge was inspired by the indigenous Native American people and wildlife in San Gabriel Valley. The project created local jobs and the bridge was constructed by Skanska USA.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33277
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2012
Pages
p. A15
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2012
Pages
p. A15
Subjects
Bridges
Foothill Gold Line Bridge
Kurtz, Cynthia
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33474AN
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Construction of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension bridge, that will span the 210 Freeway, has begun. Preparation of the giant column supports included drilling over 100 feet into the ground. The 584-foot Gold Line bridge will take shape by December. It replaces an old railroad bridge across the freeway, which was built about 1969 and torn down in 1997, said Gary Baker, director of construction for the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority. The bridge's design has been controversial, as some say it is not representative of the origins of the area. The entire bridge is slated to be finished summer 2012.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32566
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 6, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 6, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Bridges
Construction
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
Transportation
Item ID
32765AN
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Newspaper Index
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2,100 cubic yards of concrete has been poured now and the 584-foot Gold Line Bridge is taking shape inside the wood forms above the eastbound lanes of the 210 Freeway.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33073
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bridges
Construction
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
Skanska USA Civil
Transportation
Item ID
33270AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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