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 Light-rail cracks could mean headaches in Tempe, Mesa

http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/0115ev-lightrailwoes0117.html

Inspectors have found at least 11 breaks along the line that stretches from central Phoenix to west Mesa.

Four of those breaks were discovered at First Street and Ash Avenue in Tempe. The problem also was uncovered at Mill Avenue and Third Street and Apache Boulevard and Smith-Martin. No breaks have been discovered in Mesa, but the entire route has not been closely inspected.

Brian Buchanan, director of design and construction, said that repairs or replacing the rail segments would take place in the system’s guideway and wouldn’t likely interfere with vehicle traffic in the street. The light-rail tracks run in the median from east of Sycamore Street along Main Street in Mesa west to Dorsey Lane and Apache Boulevard in Tempe before turning north and jogging around Sun Devil Stadium. From there, they cross Mill Avenue and the Tempe Town Lake to link to Washington Street and continue west to Central Avenue, where the line turns north and eventually ends at Bethany Home Road and 19th Avenue.