Getting AroundFriday, November 6
Trains will cross the new Batiquitos Lagoon bridge for the first time Monday
The Daily Oceanside team
If you ride the rails through North County, Monday, Nov. 9 is a milestone. It will be the first day trains cross the new concrete bridge over the Batiquitos Lagoon in Carlsbad, bringing the Batiquitos Lagoon Double Track project to 75% completion.
The new bridge replaces the 1940s wooden trestle and will improve tidal flow in the lagoon. SANDAG and Caltrans' double-track project adds a second track from Avenida Encinas in Carlsbad to La Costa Avenue in Encinitas.
The Batiquitos Lagoon project by the numbers
- 75%
- complete once trains cross the new bridge
- $166 million
- for the fully funded project
- 0.6 mile
- from La Costa Avenue to Avenida Encinas
- 5.5 miles
- of continuous double track when finished
Source: The Vista Press
- Next phase: remove the original bridge, add second tracks
- Once done: passenger and freight trains can run through simultaneously
- Funding: state and local money, including TransNet
The double-track project runs to 2028
- 2024Construction on the double-track project began.
- Nov. 9Trains will cross the new concrete bridge for the first time.
- 2028The project is expected to be completed.
Source: The Vista Press
Sources: The Vista Press, ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV