The Plymouth Tunnel is a 1020 ft (311 m) sequential excavation method (SEM) tunnel located in Silver Spring, MD, that makes up a portion of the Maryland Transit Authority’s (MTA) Purple Line light rail connecting the existing metro lines around Washington, DC. The Purple Line Transit Constructors (Flour/Lane/Traylor Joint Venture— PLTC) is the Lead Contractor with the Traylor personnel self-performing the excavation and lining work for the Plymouth Tunnel.