EISENHOWER STATION FEATURES DISTINCTIVE DESIGN

First-of-a-kind design gives a distinctive appearance to the Eisenhower Avenue Station on Washington, DC's new Metropolitan Area Rapid Transit System. The stations's most unique features are its thin, cylindrical, shell-shaped canopies, which partially cover the platform, exterior stairways and escalators. An innovative, three-dimensional space-frame structural system was used to support the track bed, platforms and canopies.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Concrete Construction Publications, Incorporated

  P.O. Box 321
  Addison, IL  United States  60101
• Authors:
  • Sharko, W
• Publication Date: 1984-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: CEMENT & CONCRETE ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND
  • ISSN: 0549-0219

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Architecture; Concrete; Design; Elevated structures; Frames; Rail transit stations; Railroad facilities; Railroad stations; Roofs; Shells (Structural forms); Structural members; Structural supports
• Identifier Terms: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• Old TRIS Terms: Cantilevered canopies; Concrete shell; Platforms; Structural frames
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387857
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM