Highway-Rail Crossing Handbook
responsibilities — Responsibilities
Crossing Handbook · Chapter 5 — Maintenance, Management, and Operations. Full current text with cross-references on BuildSpec.
RESPONSIBILITIES The highway-rail crossing is unique as compared to other highway features in that railroads install, operate, and maintain the traffic control devices located at the crossing. Even though much of the cost of designing and constructing crossings, including traffic control devices, is assumed by the public, current procedures place maintenance responsibilities for devices located in the railroad ROW with the railroad. The railroad may be responsible for crossing surface maintenance within the rail and for several feet outside of the rail proper, depending upon State law. The…
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