Scaleybark station

Scaleybark
LYNX light rail station
Western side from across South Boulevard
Location	3750 South Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28209
Coordinates	35°11′27″N 80°52′30″W / 35.19083°N 80.87500°W / 35.19083; -80.87500
Owned by	Charlotte Area Transit System
Line(s)	Lynx Blue Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Bus stands	3
Connections	CATS: 12, 30
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	315 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Racks and Lockers available
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	November 24, 2007
Services
Preceding station   Lynx Rapid Transit Services   Following station Woodlawn toward I-485/South Boulevard Lynx Blue Line New Bern toward 7th Street

Scaleybark is a light rail station on the Lynx Blue Line in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A. The station officially opened for service on Saturday, November 24, 2007, and as part of its opening celebration fares were not collected. Regular service with fare collection commenced on Monday, November 26, 2007. Although it is named the Scaleybark station, it is actually located opposite Scaleybark Road across South Boulevard at its intersection with Old Pineville Road in a 70 feet (21 m) wide median. It has side platforms, which sit on either side of the tracks, and a 315-space commuter parking lot to the west across South Boulevard.

Scaleybark branch of the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County

The station features a public art display entitled Furrow, created by Raleigh artist Thomas Sayre. Sayre's original vision called for a 30 feet (9.1 m) disk near Clanton Road and three additional disks, ranging between 12 feet (3.7 m) to 16 feet (4.9 m) in height at Scaleybark.

The shape of the sculpture resembles that of a plow's disk harrows, and is located at the ends of the median approaching the platform. The six disks each are 18 feet (5.5 m) in height and weigh in at 11 tons each. The materials utilized in the creation of the disks included 72 cubic yards of dirt excavated from the site of the I-485/South Boulevard station. The dirt was mixed with concrete tinted with iron oxide and applied to the steel discs in the Scaleybark parking lot. Each disc measures only 9 inches (230 mm) in width, and have been engineered to withstand hurricane-force winds.

Additional works include bas-reliefs entitled Hornbeam by Alice Adams, Mexican Bingo motifs on both the pavers and shelters by Leticia Huerta and track fencing featuring sweetgum leaves by Shaun Cassidy.

A canceled public art project for Scaleybark called for the restoration of the neighboring Queens Park Theater tower sign. To be created by New York City artist R.M. Fisher, the restored landmark was to have featured lighted panels at the base with backlighted paintings of long leaf pines, the North Carolina state tree. The project was eliminated in January 2005 due to escalating overall costs for the project as a whole.