Patent ID: 6764021
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: E01C

Abstract:
A railroad grade crossing for extending a roadway across a pair of parallel, spaced-apart rails which are supported upon spaced-apart ties, comprising:a concrete gauge panel extending substantially between the rails; said gauge panel having a top surface which is substantially coplanar with the roadway; said gauge panel having a bottom surface which is supported upon the ties; said gauge panel having opposite sides; said gauge panel having elastomeric gauge seals on each side thereof which are positioned adjacent the rails; each of said gauge seals generally having upper and lower ends and inner and outer ends; each of said inner ends of said gauge seals having a lobe which protrudes outwardly from said inner ends of said gauge seals and is embedded in said gauge panel at the sides thereof; a pair of concrete approach panels, one of which extends between each rail and the roadway; each of said concrete approach panels having an inner end, an outer end, a top surface which is substantially coplanar with the roadway, and a bottom surface which is supported upon the ties; said approach panels having elastomeric approach seals at their inner ends thereof which are positioned adjacent the associated rail; each of said approach seals generally having an inner end, an outer end, an upper end, and a lower end; each of said inner ends of said approach seals having a lobe which protrudes outwardly from said inner ends of said approach seals and is embedded in said inner ends of said approach panels.