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East 105th–Quincy (RTA Rapid Transit station)
Encyclopedia
East 105th–Quincy is a station on the RTA Red Line
in Cleveland, Ohio
, USA. It is located in the Fairfax
neighborhood, on the city's east side. The station has a small entrance is on the north side of Quincy Avenue.
The original station, which had an entrance on the east side of East 105th Street, lasted almost 50 years.
On January 11, 2005, RTA broke ground for a reconstruction of the station.
The new station was located just west of the original station and included a new entrance on Quincy Avenue. The new $1.3 million station opened on November 4, 2005.
Further construction of a second entrance on East 105th Street is planned after a new bridge is built on East 105th Street.
Cuyahoga County owns the property across Quincy Avenue from the reconstructed station and is building a new Juvenile Court and Detention Center on the site.
Construction of the new facility is scheduled for 2007, and, when completed, it should increase traffic through the station.
Red Line (Cleveland)
The Red Line is a rapid transit line of the RTA Rapid Transit in Cleveland, Ohio, running from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport northeast to Tower City in downtown Cleveland, then east and northeast to Windermere...
in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
, USA. It is located in the Fairfax
Fairfax, Cleveland
Fairfax is a neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. Roughly bounded between Euclid Avenue to the north, Woodland Avenue to the south, E.71st Street to the west and E.105th Street to the east, the predominantly poverty stricken neighborhood is overlapped by the city's cultural and...
neighborhood, on the city's east side. The station has a small entrance is on the north side of Quincy Avenue.
Notable places nearby
- Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court (under construction)
History
The station opened on March 15, 1955 as one of the original stations on the CTS Rapid Transit.The original station, which had an entrance on the east side of East 105th Street, lasted almost 50 years.
On January 11, 2005, RTA broke ground for a reconstruction of the station.
The new station was located just west of the original station and included a new entrance on Quincy Avenue. The new $1.3 million station opened on November 4, 2005.
Further construction of a second entrance on East 105th Street is planned after a new bridge is built on East 105th Street.
Cuyahoga County owns the property across Quincy Avenue from the reconstructed station and is building a new Juvenile Court and Detention Center on the site.
Construction of the new facility is scheduled for 2007, and, when completed, it should increase traffic through the station.