CLEVELAND, Ohio — The West 117th Street Rapid station reopened Friday, restoring service at one of the busiest stops on the Red Line after a 13-month closure for a major reconstruction project.
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority invested $8.6 million in the work, which replaced three aging bridge decks and modernized the station’s platform. Two of the new spans carry eastbound and westbound tracks, while the third supports the passenger platform that sits between them.
The bridges, built in the mid-1950s, cross over West 117th Street at the Cleveland-Lakewood border.
The parking lot, normally heavily used ahead of the closing, was sparse on Friday morning on the first day of the reopening.
“This project is going to extend the life of the bridges,” said Michael Schipper, R