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  2. Height restriction laws - Wikipedia

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    New building regulations that came in force in 2020, limited the height of buildings on cities depending on population in China.Cities with less than 3 million population cannot have structures rising above 250 m (820 ft); cities with populations greater than 3 million can have buildings up to a height of 500 m (1,600 ft).

  3. Accessibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ...

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    platform-edge warning strips [3] platform gap modifications or bridge plates to reduce or eliminate the gap between trains and platforms where it is greater than 2 inches (5.1 cm) vertically or 4 inches (10 cm) horizontally [3] [5]: F.3 [6] telephones at an accessible height with volume control, and text telephones (TTYs) [3] [5]: F.3

  4. Railway platform height - Wikipedia

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    The Yawkey MBTA Commuter Rail station in 2011, with two platform heights: low-level for most cars and a full-height platform to accommodate passengers in wheelchairs. The station has since been extensively rebuilt and renamed "Lansdowne". Railway platform height is the built height – above top of rail (ATR) – of passenger platforms at stations.

  5. List of highest bridges - Wikipedia

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    This bridge spans a deep river gorge. The bridge's two towers, built on the rims of the gorge, are 269 m (883 ft) tall, but due to the depth of the river gorge between the towers, the deck height of the Duge Bridge is 565 m (1,854 ft). The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that is both tall (in structural height) and high (in deck height ...

  6. Building code - Wikipedia

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    A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for construction objects such as buildings and non-building structures. Buildings must conform to the code to obtain planning permission , usually from a local council.

  7. Structure gauge - Wikipedia

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    It specifies the height and width of station platforms, tunnels and bridges, and the width of the doors that allow access to a warehouse from a rail siding. Specifications may include the minimum distance from rail vehicles to railway platforms , buildings, lineside electrical equipment cabinets, signalling equipment, third rails or supports ...

  8. Clearance (civil engineering) - Wikipedia

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    In civil engineering, clearance refers to the difference between the loading gauge and the structure gauge in the case of railroad cars or trams, or the difference between the size of any vehicle and the width/height of doors, the width/height of an overpass or the diameter of a tunnel as well as the air draft under a bridge, the width of a lock or diameter of a tunnel in the case of watercraft.

  9. Height of Buildings Act of 1910 - Wikipedia

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    Section 5 added the restriction that the height of any building would be limited to the width of the adjacent street plus 20 feet (6.1 m) up to a maximum of 90 feet (27 m) on residential streets, 130 feet (40 m) on commercial streets, and 160 feet (49 m) on a small portion of the north side of Pennsylvania Avenue between 1st and 15th Streets ...