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@jim, if the Yellow Line were to be extended down Rt. 1, I imagine it would start out in a tunnel. Use cut and cover construction to run it down the middle of Rt. 241 and then Rt. 1 to at least through a Groveton station. After that, a lot of engineering studies to be done. Hopefully, they wouldn't use the same design team as the one who did the Silver Line through Tysons or it would be a lot of obtrusive concrete elevated tracks much of the rest of the way. (The Silver Line should have been underground the entire segment on Rt. 7 in Tysons, if not also gone under the Beltway).

Probably best to put much of the route underground from Huntington to Ft. Belvoir. More expensive? Yes. But around 50 miles of the current system is underground if I remember my stats correctly. So it could be done.

by AlanF on Jun 26, 2012 6:25 pm • link • report

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