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Completion of the Gold Line Bridge over the 210 Foothill Freeway in Arcadia is celebrated. The $18.6 million bridge, completed on time and on budget, is only one element of the $1.2 billion eastward extension of the Gold Line through Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, and Azusa. Andrew Leicester is the artist and designer of the bridge baskets.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33270
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Balian, Habib
Bridges
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33467AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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