Grade crossing safety improvements made in North Carolina

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation's (NCDOT) Rail Division recently made crossing safety improvements at an intersection near Kernersville, N.C.

 

NCDOT installed railway-highway grade crossing signals and gates at the intersection of Peddycord Road and Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks near Kernersville. This project totaled $263,516 and was paid for with funds from both the Federal Highway Administration and the state.

Maintenance funding for the projects will be divided equally between the state and Norfolk Southern. Four freight trains a day travel through this railroad crossing at a maximum of 35 miles per hour.

These projects are a part of a comprehensive statewide NCDOT program to enhance highway safety by adding or improving signals and gates at public railroad crossings. Automatic warning devices are now in place at more than 2,600 of the 3,800 public at-grade crossings across the state.

 

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