The Alameda Corridor offers direct access to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach from the downtown Los Angeles railroad terminals.
The 20-mile-long Alameda Corridor connects the port complexes of Long Beach and Los Angeles with the transcontinental rail facilities close to downtown Los Angeles. It was constructed to provide rail access to the San Pedro Bay port cluster, the most significant in North America in terms of both the volume and value of its containerized business; it handles about 70% of the containerized traffic on the American West Coast.
The Alameda Corridor, which separates local road circulation from rail freight circulation, is made up of a number of bridges, underpasses, overpasses, and street upgrades. The result is a higher level of efficiency for both systems, especially since many train crossings were eliminated.
The 10 miles-long, 33 feet deep tunnel that virtually isolates the rail infrastructure from the nearby neighborhoods is the corridor's greatest engineering accomplishment. The corridor's operations began in April 2002 after construction got underway in April 1997.
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