Left for LeDroit » H St NE http://leftforledroit.com Tue, 22 May 2012 13:09:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Rails in Benning Road http://leftforledroit.com/2010/01/rails-in-benning-road/ http://leftforledroit.com/2010/01/rails-in-benning-road/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:45:30 +0000 Eric Fidler http://leftforledroit.com/?p=427 We’ve written before about DDOT’s plan to build a streetcar system throughout the District.  The city already owns three streetcars and is storing them temporarily in Greenbelt.

The city recently installed rails and mini-platforms (see below) along the western end of Benning Road in Northeast Washington.  Here are some photos we took this weekend of our shiny new infrastructure.

Future Streetcar Stop

Above: Median platform at 19th Street NE.

Below: The tracks are embedded in a linear concrete pad that runs along the inner lanes of Benning Road.

Benning Road Streetcar

The rails will continue along H Street NE toward Union Station.

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