Eric D. Lawrence

Detroit Free Press

The end is in sight.

The final pieces of track for Detroit's streetcar line -- a project under construction on Woodward Avenue for more than two years -- are expected to be connected this afternoon.

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Paul Childs, chief operating officer of M-1 Rail, the organization building the QLINE, is to be on hand for a "ceremonial welding" at Woodward and Amsterdam, a few blocks from I-94, at 12:15 p.m. today, according to an M-1 Rail news release.

The event reinforces the pledge from M-1 Rail officials that construction on Woodward would be largely wrapped up by Thanksgiving Day. The $142-million, 3.3-mile project is expected to begin operations next year.

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