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New Jersey Transit Route 17 Station - Ramsey, New Jersey TimHaahs designed a parking structure to serve a new train station for New Jersey Transit, located in Ramsey, New Jersey. The parking garage is adjacent to Route 17, providing straightforward access from the highway for commuters. The work also included train station vestibules and alcoves as well as a pedestrian bridge that spans the train tracks and connects the station directly to the parking garage.  The five story precast parking structure provides 1291 spaces for transit commuters. The overall dimension of the footprint is 582’ x 170’ with two 60’-0” bays and a 52' bay. The structure utilizes two-way 90° parking at the 60' bays and 60° one-way angled parking at the 52' bay. Because the train station is located near historic stone buildings, the look of these buildings was the driving factor for the architectural features of the station and parking garage. The concrete walls, on both the station and the stairtowers of the parking garage, incorporate the stone aspect of the nearby historic buildings. To enhance the stone features, curved roofs are provided atop the garage stairtowers, the pedestrian bridge, and the train station. Metal screening is also provided on the parking garage to present a link between the concrete stone walls. Award: 2006 Award of Excellence, Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Chapter of the American Concrete Institute  |