The tiny village of Whittier, Alaska on Prince William Sound is a town so remote that it could only be reached from the mainland by rail, plane or boat. Cutting a new tunnel for a highway or building a road over the mountains was impractical.
The solution was Oldcastle Precast’s StarTrack product, a smooth surface ideal for both cars and railroad tracks. By creating the longest highway-rail crossing in the world, Oldcastle Precast made it possible for trains and cars to share the existing 2.5-mile tunnel, which provides access to Whittier for 1.4 million tourists every year.
