Project Description

The Orange Line Phase 2: North Corridor Metrorail Extension is an elevated 9.2-mile, double-track, heavy-rail extension of the Miami-Dade Metrorail system. The extension runs from the existing elevated guideway just north of the Martin Luther King Jr. Metrorail station at NW 62nd Street, serving the communities along the NW 27th Avenue corridor, Miami-Dade College and the sports venues at Dolphin Stadium and Calder Race Course, to a termination point at NW 215th Street just south of Florida's Turnpike. The termination at NW 215th Street accommodates a future interface into Broward County.

Seven new stations will serve the extension at NW 82nd Street/Northside, NW 119th Street/Miami-Dade College, Ali-Baba Avenue/Opa-Locka, NW 163rd Street/Bunche Park, NW 183rd Street/Miami Gardens, NW 199th Street/Dolphin Stadium, and NW 215th Street/Calder Race Course. Provisions will also be made to accommodate a future station at NW 103rd Street.

The preliminary design includes the following major elements:

• Transit guideway alignment, structures, aerial station structures and drainage structures
• Trackway facilities and system-wide elements
• Roadway modifications and new off-site roadways necessary for station access
• Storm water management and surface drainage facilities
• Utility adjustments and relocations and new utilities
• Traffic control devices
• Stations, parking lots, lighting, mechanical and electrical
• Landscaping and urban design
• Constructability reviews, peer reviews, and value engineering
• Public involvement
• Surveying, photogrammetry and geotechnical investigations
• Permitting requirements
• Safety and security
• Outline of technical specifications
• Capital cost estimates
• Phasing plan and master schedule