Tunnels Tracks and Trains

1. What is the floor of the tunnel made out of? It is made of a cagelike steel grid. Then a thick layer of poured concrete seals.

2.What to construction workers do at surface level in order to prepare the city at surface level for the Metro Red Lin's midtown route? the workers have been getting the Red Line's midtown route ready for boring. They reinforce foundations of buioldings along the route and secure electric, gas, water, and telephone lines that run benethe the street.

3. What is the name of the temporary road called that is created for street traffic to use during the cut and cover station construction? What are these roads made out of and why? The road is called decking. They're made of steel beams that span the cut's width and sets of wooden beams are placed between them.

4. On Pages 30-31 there are is a model of the train station, do you like it? What would you change about this station model? Yes i do like it. I would put some colour in it.

5. What is the "Pink Lady"? She brings materials and fixtures to the workers.