TOUGH LOCATIONS IS CHOSEN FOR NEW-TYPE ROAD XING

Railbound concrete slabs were installed where heavy vehicular traffic from steel plant crosses over railroad diamond crossing. At the site selected for the crossing-slab installation the road from the steel plant uses the deck of a railroad lift bridge over the channel. Making a sharp turn to the left, this road crosses the railroad diamond crossing at an angle. Road traffic includes about 240 daily runs of heavy (60 tons) slag trucks, 20 coke-loaded trucks from the screening operation, 1000 automobiles steel-loaded flatbeds and a 64-ton pay-loader with chain-wrapped rubber-tires.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1972-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 20-22
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 68
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Railroad grade crossings
• Old TRIS Terms: Concrete slab grade crossings
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046694
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 1973 12:00AM