Highway-Rail Crossing Handbook
removal-of-grade-separation-structures — Removal of Grade Separation Structures
Crossing Handbook · Chapter 2 — Engineered Treatments. Full current text with cross-references on BuildSpec.
REMOVAL OF GRADE SEPARATION STRUCTURES The FRA data indicates as of 2017, there were approximately 36,000 public grade-separated highway-rail crossings in the United States—more than half of these grade-separated crossings have a bridge or highway structure over the railroad tracks. As these structures age, become damaged, or are no longer needed because of changes in highway or railroad alignment, an engineering evaluation should be performed to determine whether the structures should be upgraded or removed. Currently, there are no nationally recognized guidelines for evaluating the…
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