Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Project in Toronto, ON

East End: (Satellite, this part of the project has yet to happen.)

East End of Phase I: (Satellite, image was too old to show construction activity.)

West End: (Satellite, image was too old to show construction activity.)

Herrenknecht Deutschland posted

Congratulations to the WestEnd Connectors Construction on the second and final breakthrough at the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Project. After approximately 25 month of mining, two 6.58m #Herrenknecht EPB shields completed both tunnels of the alignment for Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario. The extension of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will run 9.2 kilometers from the future Mount Dennis LRT station to Renforth Drive and will operate mainly underground. Once complete, it will create a continuous rapid transit line that stretches from Scarborough, through midtown Toronto, and into Mississauga. Seven stations are being added along the route. 

This new infrastructure will reduce significantly local traffic load.

Above was the breakthrough of the Renny TBM. Below is the breakthrough of Rexy, which happened on Apr 26, 2024.

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This first phase of the work started in 2021 and was valued at $729.2m. It goes between Renforth Drive and Scarlett Road.

These high-rise buildings and signs confirm that I found the correct east end of Phase I. Phase II will construct elevated tracks east of here to go over Humbler River. The tracks will then go back underground east of Jane Street to connect with Mount Dennis Station.

Street View, Sep 2023

A video of Rexy's breakthrough. See what these TBM's do with rebar, I find it hard to believe that a pipe is what wrecked the TBM in Seattle a while back. (The second video in Chiltern Hills Tunnel also shows a TBM chewing through rebar at its breakout.)

0:23 video