Orange Line (MDT)

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The Orange Line will be a 24.4 mile (40 km) heavy rail Metrorail line in Miami, Florida, USA that will be operated by Miami-Dade Transit. It will consist of three corridors, totaling 24.4 miles of rapid transit. The three segments that have completed the planning phase and are ready to enter into final design and construction are the North Corridor, Earlington Heights-MIC Connection, and East-West Corridor, all of which will be parts of the Orange Line^[1].

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The line will be constructed in three phases and separated into three corridors:

• The Earlington Heights-MIC Connection is a 2.4-mile expansion will be an extension from Earlington Heights Metrorail station to the Miami Intermodal Center. Construction will begin in Fall 2008, with completion scheduled for late 2011 and opening for Metrorail passenger traffic in early 2012.

• The North Corridor is a 9.5-mile expansion will be a northward extension from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza Metrorail station, along NW 27th Avenue to NW 215th Street (Miami-Dade/Broward County line); with proposed stations at 82nd Street, Miami-Dade College,Opa-locka, Bunche Park, Miami Gardens, Dolphin Stadium and Calder Race Course. Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2010 completed by mid-2014. Accommodations are being made in the plans for a future station at NW 103rd Street.

• The East-West Corridor is a 10.6-mile expansion from the Miami Intermodal Center east to the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826). These sites have been identified as potential station locations: Florida International University, 107th Avenue, 97th Avenue, 87th Avenue, 72nd Avenue, Waterford, and Miami Intermodal Center. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2016.

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