Highway-Rail Crossing Handbook
chapter-1 — Introduction
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1CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION The Highway-Rail Crossing Handbook—Third Edition (Handbook) is a compendium of recommended safety engineering treatments for at-grade highway-rail crossings (crossings) which summarizes current noteworthy or best practices and provides a range of options for consideration. It is an information resource to provide a unified reference document on prevalent and best practices as well as adopted standards relative to highway-rail grade crossings. The purpose of the Handbook is not to establish standards, but to provide guidance about how existing standards and recommended…
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