Reading Comprehension Pages 26-36

1. What is the floor of the tunnel made out of?
A thinck layer of poured concrete seals the cut and forms the tunnel's "mud slad" floor.

2.What to construction workers do at surface level in order to prepare the city at surface level for the Metro Red Lin's midtown route?
Other construction crewa have been getting the Red Line's midtown route ready for boring. They reinforse foundations of buildings along the route and secure electric, gas, water, and telephone lines that run beneath the street.

3. What is the name of the temporary road called that is created for street traffic to use during the cut and cover station construction? What are these roads made out of and why?
A tempory road called decking s built over the torn-up street.

4. On Pages 30-31 there are is a model of the train station, do you like it? What would you change about this station model?
I like it, and i wouldn't change anything in it.

5. What is the "Pink Lady"?
A flatbed truck known as the "Pink Lady".