Union Patsaouras Plaza Busway Station

The Patsaouras Plaza Busway Station is located just east of the historic Union Train Station in downtown Los Angeles. It provides passengers with a boarding area on the south side of Patsaouras Plaza at the El Monte Busway.

OHLA USA, Inc., our subsidiary, served LA Metro as a design-build contractor to widen the north and south sides of the existing El Monte Busway bridge to accommodate the new station platform. Also included in the scope was the construction of an enclosed pedestrian walkway from the platform to a pedestrian overcrossing bridge and a new pedestrian landing at the existing transit plaza with a new three-stop elevator and stairway. The $33 million project improves vertical and horizontal pedestrian circulation, directly connects to Union Station, and widens the existing Caltrans Los Angeles River Busway bridge. 

Important contract features included signage and wayfinding installations, stair and elevator construction, pile driving using cast-in-drilled-hole piles, underground utility work, structural concrete retaining walls, and the construction of a cast-in-place, pre-stressed concrete box girder bridge.

Since Union Patsaouras Station is a busy multi-modal transportation facility, coordination was necessary with various transportation entities to execute construction activities properly.