TriMet kicks off another major track project – the Morrison-Yamhill MAX Improvements project – on Sunday, April 30.
Crews will be rejuvenating sections of the oldest MAX alignment along SW Morrison and Yamhill streets at 11th and 1st avenues in downtown Portland.
Similar to the improvements made during two projects last year (1stAvenue/Rose Quarter), this work is being done on the oldest section of the MAX system that has been in service more than 30 years. However, this spring’s project will require a longer, three-week disruption to MAX service as well as a two-week disruption to Portland Streetcar.
Crews will be working on Morrison and Yamhill streets at Southwest 11th Avenue, near what was originally the end of the first ever MAX line that went into service in 1986.
They’ll be removing wooden ties, improving the track bed, upgrading switch machines and replacing special track work. Further east, crews will replace curved rail at the corners of 1st and Morrison and 1st and Yamhill. (This work is weather permitting.)
Here’s a link to details on the entire project and how passengers will be affected.