Purple Line Silver Spring Construction
Purple line construction information and concerns.
Purple line silver spring construction. Work may occur from 7 a m. At bethesda silver spring college park and new carrollton. The purple line will also connect to marc amtrak and local bus services. On weekdays and weekends.
What is light rail. The purple line has activated zones i ii iii and iv of the long term work zones adjacent to the paul s. 443 451 3706 443 451 3705 espanol employment opportunities. Wayfinding signage can be found posted around the work zones.
The purple line project includes the completion of the capital crescent trail cct between bethesda and silver spring the completion of the green trail along wayne avenue to sligo creek and the construction of a bike path through the university of maryland campus. The purple line light rail system is being built and run for maryland by a private group but riders will be able to transfer to metrorail at bethesda silver spring college park and new. These give an aerial view of the purple line alignment. The silver spring metrorail station paul s.
04 2020 silver spring international middle school. General purple line information. The purple line is a new 16 2 mile light rail line that will connect communities from bethesda and silver spring in montgomery county to college park university of maryland and new carrollton in prince george s county with a total of 21 stations. The 16 2 mile long purple line is under construction across the alignment from bethesda to new carrollton.
Currently most of the work happening is heavily related to utility relocation both overhead and underground to make way for the purple line. The purple line station in downtown silver spring will be located on the east side of the silver spring transit center opposite the red line platform. According to the website for the purple line transit partners the public private partnership building the line most of the september work is occurring in silver spring. Zoom in to get an up close look at the proposed purple line in your neighborhood.
It will provide a direct connection to the metrorail red green and orange lines.