As part of a long-term plan to ease commuter congestion, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) extended its Blue Line service with two new stations.
The Morgan Boulevard Station features vaulted canopies, a continuous skylight system to enhance natural light, and Art-in-Transit Program sculpture installations. STV provided structural, architectural, and communications design services for the station and an adjacent parking garage, on behalf of the Clark-Kiewit-led design-build team.
For the parking garage, the team overcame challenges resulting from poor on-site soil quality. By incorporating ground improvements into the project’s overall design, STV reduced the thickness of the track slabs, resulting in considerable cost savings.
The project also included a new comprehensive communications system and elevators and escalators.
