Washington Blvd.

LAST DIG 10
Harriet, the tunnel-boring machine, is set to retire after excavating Adams Blvd.
twin rail tunnels for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project. Harriet
10
Culver City West
completed excavation of the twin tunnels connecting the three Exposition B Adams Jefferson Blvd.
lvd.
underground stations for the Crenshaw/LAX light-rail project on Expo/Crenshaw
April 6, reaching a major milestone for the transit project.
Culver
Exposition TransitCity
Corridor MLK Jr. Blvd.
Body is primarily Metro Green Line
Basic tunnel boring made of steel Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor
machine Vernon Ave.
Transit station Optional transit station

Crenshaw Blvd.
Ladera
Heights Slauson Ave. Hyde
90 Park

Van Ness Blvd.

405 Inglewood

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Florence Ave.

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Normandie Ave.
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Conveyor belts are layered 1
Westchester Manchester Blvd.

Prairie Ave.
rubber with steel wire

La Brea Ave.
reinforcement

Aviation Blvd.
Sepulveda Blvd.
1 Arbor Vitae St.

Western Ave.
Crenshaw Blvd.
The front section of the TBM, known as the shield, has a giant round Century Blvd.
cutter head resembling a cheese-grater. It slowly drills through the
earth (3 inches per minute) creating a large hole which is then lined 108th St.
with concrete segments forming complete rings. LAX Lennox
1 mi. Imperial Hwy.
Note: Harriet traveled at an average speed of 60 feet per day and
removed 144, 250 cubic yards of soil for the second tunnel. A crew of 105
105

75 worked three shifts five days a week.

Aviation/LAX
Sources: CalTrans, MTA Hawthorne PAUL PENZELLA SCNG
El Segundo Blvd.

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