A1 Alternative Alignment - Newport News to Fort Eustis BoulevardThe A1 Alternative Alignment would be located totally within the City of Newport News. The alignment would begin at the City Hall Station and proceed northwesterly along Washington Avenue, turning north in the vicinity of the shipyard parking access road to Huntington Avenue. The alignment would continue along Huntington Avenue and join the CSX right-of-way in the vicinity of 71st Street and Warwick Boulevard. The alignment would then continue along the west side of the existing CSX railroad tracks to its northern terminus at Fort Eustis Boulevard. A2 Alternative Alignment - Newport News City Hall to Hampton Coliseum/ Convention Center/MallThe A2 Alternative Alignment would be located within the cities of Newport News and Hampton. The alignment would begin at the Newport News City Hall Station and the alignment would be the same as the A1 Alternative Alignment described above until it reaches the planned extension of Middle Ground Boulevard alogn the west side of the existing CSX tracks. From this point, the alignment would then turn in a northeasterly direction along the south side of Middle Ground Boulevard to Fishing Point Drive, where it would turn to head in a southeasterly direction. From there, the alignment would travel through the Oyster Point area to cross J. Clyde Morris Boulevard and Harpersville Road before continuing on to Hampton Roads Center parkway. Then the alignment would continue to travel in a southeasterly direction in the median of the Hampton Roads Center Parkway, through the I-64 interchange to Coliseum Drive. At Coliseum Drive the alignment would turn to the south andc continue along the west side of Coliseum Drive as it heads toward its terminus at the Hampton Coliseum and Convention Center. A3 Alternative Alignment - Mariners' Museum to Mary Immaculate Hospital via Jefferson AvenueThe A3 Alternative Alignment would be totally located within the city of Newport News. The southern terminus is proposed to be located close to the Christopher Newport University and Mariners' Museum near the intersection of J. Clyde Morris Boulevard and Warwick Boulevard. The alignment would follow J. Clyde Morris Boulevard easterly to Jefferson Avenue and turn north on Jefferson Avenue to Bland Boulevard. The alignment would turn east at Bland Boulevard and north at McManus Boulevard with a northern terminus at Mary Immaculate Hospital. |