| But rather than lose the federal funding that was already approved for the ITSG, the airport authority went ahead with the first half of the guideway. |
| To make room for the guideway, an old control tower had to be removed. |
| Even so, construction of approximately 16 km of standard elevated guideway was finished in only 16 months. |
| A single vehicle will shuttle along a 1-mile elevated guideway at 40 mph. |
| This is the first application of direct fixation rail onto a segmental constructed guideway without the use of plinths. |
| Typically two guideway support columns were under construction at any one time. |
