Again, traveling has gotten in the way of keeping you up to date on the Union Station project. Here is the latest.

The first layer of roof now covers about a third of the current portion of the bus terminal. The location and size of the skylights are apparent from two perspectives in the photos below. As a reference, here’s a link to a rendering of that section of the eventual, completed roof. In the foreground of the first photo, you can see how the machine rooms are taking shape.

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Crews are backfilling all but the 18th Street side of the terminal. The first photo above provides a good view of progress on the 16th Street side. Below are two photos taken from exactly the same spot. I shot the first one on October 25 and the other one this morning. While the angle and differences in sunlight are not the best for comparison purposes, if you look closely, you can see how the left side of the dirt pile is shrinking as a result of the backfilling process.

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Concrete has been poured for the light rail passenger platform. The first photo below shows the platform from the Millennium Bridge, and the second is from the Union Gateway Bridge (aka 18th Street Bridge).

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Over the weekend, I will wander over to the temporary Amtrak terminal to get some photos.

Please see our Denver Union Station page at JobSiteVistor.com for more photos.