Newark Broad Street Station-
Capacity Constraint Relief and ADA Improvements
NJ Transit

This project, completed in 2008, is valued at approximately 60 million dollars. It involved the construction of a new center island high-level platform and shelters, the construction of a new eastbound high-level platform, the reconstruction of the Martin Luther King, University Avenue, and Broad Street railroad bridges, the installation of new elevators and stairs, the installation of new restrooms and the rehabilitation of the main station building and passenger infrastructure. We were part of the design team with Systra Consulting and Vollmer Associates.

Garden State was involved in:

• Adding new tracks, while reconfiguring the existing ones
• Widening and reconstructing the existing railroad bridges
• Investigations and preparations of reports for Cooper E-80 loading
• Remodeling of existing station, and reconfiguring the high level platforms
• Design of new retaining walls, with modifications of existing walls
• Design of catenary structures, etc.