10/23/2026
ICYMI: Here’s a look at what went into the innovative Marine Way project:
Coming in at an incredible 17.9 million pounds, the Marine Way box bridge in Irvine, CA was pushed into place leveraging an innovative box-jacking method. The work was completed in a single weekend rail shutdown (less than 24 hours to jack the bridge into place). In a separate rail work window, the Borrego Channel structure was jacked into place using the same method, another key milestone for the project.
This was the first project of its kind on the West Coast (and may have been the largest, heaviest monolithic structure jacked into place in North America in this short of a shutdown window). The inventive approach delivered important benefits, including: minimizing disruptions to rail service, helping to create a future connection between Great Park and Irvine Spectrum/Interstate 5, and enabling a reduction in time-to-completion.
This project was made possible by a team committed to excellence, innovation, extensive planning, safe ex*****on, and finding creative solutions to complex challenges. Team RailPros is proud to have played a role alongside our project partners in bringing these remarkable achievements to life for the City of Irvine, Metrolink, and FivePoint Holdings, LLC. See how the team thought “outside the box” to move some very big boxes into place in our video recap!
https://youtu.be/h35HqnCi_Jk
The Marine Way box bridge in Irvine, CA, was pushed into place leve...