State Center station
State Center / Cultural Center station is an underground Metro SubwayLink station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a transit hub offering connections to Light RailLink, the tenth most northern and western station on the line, the first one in the area viewed by many as "downtown Baltimore," and is within a 2 block walk of the Cultural Center / State Center station on the Baltimore Light Rail via Preston Street, and many area landmarks.
State Center / Cultural Center | |||||||||||
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Mezzanine at the State Center station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 302 West Preston Street (Preston and Eutaw Streets) Baltimore, Maryland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°18′06″N 76°37′23″W / 39.30158°N 76.62299°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Maryland Transit Administration | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Baltimore Light RailLink (at Cultural Center station) MTA Maryland Buses | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | November 21, 1983 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 1,661 daily[1] | ||||||||||
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The stations elevator and escalator entrance is located on the corner of West Preston Street and North Eutaw Street which is directly adjacent to the Maryland States Office Complex, hence the name "State Center." It is within the boundaries of the Madison Park neighborhood and is also very close to the adjacent neighborhoods of Bolton Hill, Mid-Town Belvedere, Mount Vernon, and Seton Hill.
Station layout Edit
| G | Street level | Exit/entrance, buses |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, ticket machines, station agent |
| P Platform level | Westbound | ← Metro SubwayLink toward Owings Mills () |
| Island platform | ||
| Eastbound | Metro SubwayLink toward Johns Hopkins Hospital () → | |
Artwork Edit
State Center station features a mobile sculpture entitled "Venter," which is suspended in a large opening between its upper and lower level. The sculpture was created by Baltimore artist Paul Daniel at a $39,000 commission in 1983.[2]
History Edit
State Center station was initially referred to as the Bolton Hill station during its planning and construction, in reference to the adjacent neighborhood to the site's north.[3]
Excavation and construction Edit
The Bolton Hill tunnels constructed around State Center station were driven with a shield through Cretaceous alluvium and through mica schist-derived residual materials. Hand mining was required to advance the face of the tunnel in some areas where the alignment passed through more resistant, hard residual materials.[4]
References Edit
- ^ Metro SubwayLink Cornerstone Plan (PDF) (Report). Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration. 2018. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Dorsey, John (November 20, 1983). "The art & architecture of the new subway: tunnel visions". The Sun. Photos by David Harp. p. 313.
- ^ Warmkessel, Karen E (April 23, 1980). "City subway is making tracks". The Sun. p. C1.
- ^ Myers-Böhlke, Brenda (1983). A characterization of deep weathering profiles in foliated, metamorphic rocks for tunneling and shaft sinking (Doctoral). University of California, Berkeley.
External links Edit
- Preston Street entrance from Google Maps Street View