Bernard Cartier, vice president of ECC Corp. of Cumberland, was overseeing the work on Wednesday and said his company has a contract to replace the railroad tracks and railroad ties for about 1,200 feet at the southern end of the rail line that runs along the west side of Aquidneck Island and is known as the Newport Secondary Line.Read more details here: http://www.newportri.com/news/20180829/ ... g-replaced" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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The new metal railroad tracks will be a heavier gauge, 115 pounds per yard, to replace the 80 pounds-per-yard tracks that were removed, Cartier said. The work that has been done since Aug. 13 counts as “heavy maintenance work,” he said.
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The DOT will oversee a $629,000 contract to restore the railroad crossings at Elm Street and Poplar Street, which are near the Newport Depot in the Point neighborhood; the crossing at Admiral Kalbfus Road in the north end of Newport; and the Stringham Road crossing in Portsmouth, as well as 300 feet on either side of those crossings.
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