Patent ID: 6588676
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
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 having upper and lower ends and inner and outer ends; said upper ends of said gauge seals being positioned downwardly from said top surface of said gauge panel; each of said sides of said gauge panel having a recessed portion formed therein in the bottom surface thereof; said inner ends of said gauge seals being at least partially 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; each of said approach seals having an inner end, an outer end, an upper end, and a lower; said upper ends of said approach seals being positioned downwardly from said top surfaces of said approach panels; said outer ends of said approach seals being at least partially embedded in said inner ends of said approach panels; said inner ends of said approach panels having recessed portions formed therein in the bottom surface thereof; said opposite sides of said gauge panel having metal angle members cast therein; each of said angle members of said gauge panel including a vertically disposed portion; said gauge seals having recessed portions formed therein which partially receive only the lower ends of said vertically disposed portions of said angle members of said gauge panel; said inner ends of said concrete approach panels having metal angle members cast therein; each of said metal angle members of said approach panels including a vertically disposed portion; said approach seals having recessed portions formed therein which partially receive only the lower end of said vertically disposed portions of said angle members of said concrete approach.