California High-Speed Rail Completes Hanford Viaduct, Its Largest Central Valley Structure, and Tops 21,000 Construction Jobs
The California High-Speed Rail Authority announced on November 12 that the Hanford Viaduct, east of the City of Hanford in Kings County, California, has been completed, and the Authority held a ribbon-cutting in Kings County the same day. More than a mile long, the viaduct is the largest high-speed rail structure across the first 119 miles of construction and is part of the future Kings/Tulare Station; when service begins, trains will cross over the San Joaquin Valley Railroad and State Route 198 on the structure.
The Hanford Viaduct sits east of State Route 43, between Grangeville Boulevard and Hanford Armona Road, and was built by the Dragados-Flatiron Joint Venture. Interim CEO Joe Stephenshaw said the completion shows the program is making progress and moving from major civil construction toward track installation, trainsets and the development of the Central Valley stations.
The Authority also announced the completion of five additional structures in Fresno and Kings counties: the Conejo Viaduct in Fresno County, more than 2,200 feet long, crossing Conejo Avenue and BNSF tracks; the Cole Slough Bridge, also in Fresno County, at more than 317 feet; the Dutch John Cut Bridge in Kings County, at 669 feet; the Houston Avenue Grade Separation in Kings County, at 450 feet and now open to traffic; and the Deer Creek Viaduct in Tulare County, at more than 3,000 feet.
On jobs and overall progress, the Authority said the program has created 21,063 construction jobs to date under its Community Benefits Agreement, with up to 1,700 workers on site daily and nearly $27 billion in economic output generated. California Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin, Kings County Supervisor Doug Verboon and Chuck Riojas of the Fresno, Madera, Kings and Tulare Building Trades Council joined the ribbon-cutting.
More than 90 miles of guideway are now complete, more than 70 major structures are fully built and 22 more are underway across Madera, Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties; the 494-mile San Francisco to Los Angeles/Anaheim system has been fully environmentally cleared.
(Source: California High-Speed Rail Authority)
Source: California High-Speed Rail Authority
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 加州高铁管理局（California High-Speed Rail Authority）官方照片，2026年11月 经 Rail and Runway 转载取得
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