Rendering of Irwindale Gold Line station and transit center from overhead with mountains in background Irwindale leaders and Foothill Extension personnel celebrate new station in front of billboard
Rendering of Irwindale Gold Line station and transit center from overhead with mountains in background Irwindale leaders and Foothill Extension personnel celebrate new station in front of billboard

Irwindale Construction News

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The following are the latest construction notices for the City of Irwindale:

Dec. 3, 2012 - June 30, 2013 Construction Activities within Railroad Corridor in Irwindale, CA

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Irwindale Station

The Irwindale Station is part of the future Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa, currently underway. The station will be located east of Irwindale Avenue and is accessed via Avenida Padilla Street. The side platform station will have tracks in the middle and will have entrances to the platform from both the west and east.

A 350-space parking facility will be provided west of the station, between Irwindale Avenue and the Miller Brewery, and south of Montoya Street.  Bicycle parking and lockers are also planned.

For project updates, click here.

Future Plans

During 2006-7, the Construction Authority worked with the City of Irwindale (along with all other Phase 2A and 2B cities) to explore their vision for integrating transit oriented development (TOD) into their future planning. As the Construction Authority and city begin a new dialogue through the 2010 TOD study just underway, new information will be added to this site.

Click here to learn more about the 2006 and 2010 TOD Studies.

About Irwindale

In the heart of the San Gabriel Valley, just 20 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles, Irwindale is a spacious, vibrant and thriving business community. It is situated in the midst of one of the world's most productive regions and bounded by the 210 (Foothill) and 605 (San Gabriel) freeways. Due in large part to its ease of access, Irwindale is the home to over 700 businesses, including major satellite offices and headquarters for some of the most well-known companies in the nation, including Ready Pac Produce, Miller Brewing and Charter Communications.

The City is known as "Jardin de Roca," Spanish for "Garden of Rocks" because of the high quality of rock and gravel found there. Almost every highway in the State of California, and many highways west of the Mississippi River, have Irwindale rock as part of their foundation.

Learn more:
Charter Communications - http://www.charter.com
City of Irwindale - http://www.ci.irwindale.ca.us
Irwindale Chamber of Commerce - http://www.irwindalechamber.org
Miller Breweing Company - http://www.millercoors.com/AgeVerification.aspx
Ready-Pac Produce - http://www.readypac.com
Renaissance Pleasure Faire – http://www.renfair.com
Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area - http://openspacedistrict.lacounty.info/cms1_033474.asp
Toyota Speedway at Irwindale - http://www.toyotaspeedwayatirwindale.com

 

About the Artist

Robin Brailsford of Brailsford Public Art believes her role as a public artist is "to discover the potential in people places and things, and then to realize that potential."  To that end she is the inventor and patent holder of a brand new public art technique, LithoMosaic, where vast mosaics are cast within monolithic concrete pours.  Currently BPA is finishing an urban centerpiece for the City of Lemon Grove utilizing LithoMosaic, alternative energy, and all things "Pioneer Modern".  BPA specializes in transit oriented public art - Long Beach, Santa Monica, Phoenix.  Robin has recently built a superb studio on the US/Mexican border with her partner Wick Alexander, a few dogs, assorted bob cats and roadrunners, and a host of owls, for the exploration of ideas Situationist and Structuralist.

For more information on previous and current projects by this artist visit www.publicaddress.us/artists/brailsford.html.*

Artist Concept

Drawing on the city's rich heritage, the artistry of the new station will celebrate and honor the entrepreneurial spirit of the current businesses, citizens and heirs of the original Pioneros de la Rivera de San Gabriel.”

Robin’s vision for the platform involves bold carpets of rustic terrazzo inset with brilliantly colored mosaics (symbolizing the abstract family tree) and an alluvial fan. The names of the early citizens will cast in light and shadow onto the station platform. Using every letter from these names, an original song, or corrido, will be composed based on historical documents and placed into the rustic terrazzo concrete platform. The rustic terrazzo technique exhibited here is one Ms. Brailsford developed exclusively for the Metro Gold Line project, and she now has a patent pending for the process - Litho-Mosaic.

*The Construction Authority would like to thank the following members of the Irwindale Station Design and Art Review Committee (SDAR) for their participation in the selection process: the Honorable Mark Breceda; Ms. Loretta Corpis; Ms. Camille Diaz; Ms. Tonya Pace; and the Honorable Rosemary Ramirez.
 

 

 

 

Irwindale Construction Outlook

Construction is underway on the Pasadena to Azusa Extension and is scheduled to be completed in September 2015, when it will be turned over to Metro for testing and pre-revenue service. The city of Irwindale feature the Irwindale Gold Line station and a 350-space parking facility, both currently under construction. The following construction activities will take place in Irwindale over the next few years:*

Notes: Schedule is designed to avoid concurrent adjacent road closures.

Stations

  • Irwindale (Side Platforms): TBA

Track

  • East of Highland Ave. to East of Avenida Padilla: TBA

Grading/Walls/Subgrade

  • East of Highland Ave. to East of Avenida Padilla: TBA

San Gabriel River Bridge

  • Work has begun on demolition of the old 700-foot long single-track rail bridge over the San Gabriel River (within the Santa Fe Sam Area). Starting in Spring 2013 work will begin on the new dual-track bridge.

Claims: For information on how to submit a claim, click here.

 

* Dates are approximate. Construction schedules are subject to change