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  2. Level crossing - Wikipedia

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    A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, [1] as opposed to the railway line or the road etc. crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel.

  3. Level crossings by country - Wikipedia

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    An extremely long level crossing is in Ho Chi Minh City, near Gò Vấp station, crossing Phạm Văn Đồng Street. [48] The track crosses about twelve carriageways. There are 8 barriers and 2 very long roller-barriers/gates that must be pushed into place.

  4. Level junction - Wikipedia

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    A level junction (or in the United Kingdom a flat crossing) is a railway junction that has a track configuration in which merging or crossing railroad lines provide track connections with each other that require trains to cross over in front of opposing traffic at grade (i.e. on the level).

  5. Cost to make railroad crossings safer is skyrocketing. It ...

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    In the Show-Me state, the total amount of funding for safety improvements at public crossings is about $7.5 million annually — $6 million from the federal government and roughly $1.5 million ...

  6. Is it illegal for trains to block railroad crossings in Texas ...

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    The criminal penalty was removed from the code in 2005 following an opinion by Gov. Greg Abbott, ... If a driver has an emergency and a railroad crossing is blocked, TxDOT advises drivers to call ...

  7. Level crossing signals - Wikipedia

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    The time interval may be controlled by a level crossing predictor, an electronic device which is connected to the rails of a railroad track, and activates the crossing's warning devices (lights, bells, gates, etc.) at a consistent interval prior to the arrival of a train at a level crossing. [1]

  8. Millen railway-highway crossings to be eliminated with $12 ...

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    The project will implement three grade-separated rail crossings in Millen, about 50 miles south of Augusta. The targeted crossings are one north of the railyard on SR 21/Millen Bypass and two on ...

  9. The first rail crossing of the Hudson was the Poughkeepsie Bridge built in 1888. The New York Central crossed just south of Albany, New York, where it continued west paralleling the Erie Canal to create the Water Level Route which competed with the Pennsylvania Railroad's more direct route that had to cross the Allegany Mountains. Even though ...