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49 CFR Part 237, Appendix A to Part 237 - Supplemental Statement of Agency Policy on the Safety of Railroad Bridges | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
CFR › Title 49 › Subtitle B › Chapter II › Part 237 › Appendix A 49 CFR Part 237, Appendix A to Part 237 - Supplemental Statement of Agency Policy on the Safety of Railroad Bridges
Pt. 237, App. A
1. The structural integrity of bridges that carry railroad tracks is important to the safety of railroad employees and to the public. The responsibility for the safety of railroad bridges is specified in § 237.3, “Responsibility for compliance.”
(a) The responsibility for the safety of railroad bridges is specified in § 237.3.
(a) The safe capacity of bridges should be determined pursuant to § 237.71.
(a) Control of loads is governed by § 237.73.
(a) The organization responsible for the safety of a bridge should keep design, construction, maintenance and repair records readily accessible to permit the determination of safe loads. Having design or rating drawings and calculations that conform to the actual structure greatly simplifies the process of making accurate determinations of safe bridge loads. This provision is governed by § 237.33.
(a) Periodic bridge inspections by competent inspectors are necessary to determine whether a structure conforms to its design or rating condition and, if not, the degree of nonconformity. See § 237.101. Section 237.101(a) calls for every railroad bridge to be inspected at least once in each calendar year. Deterioration or damage may occur during the course of a year regardless of the level of traffic that passes over a bridge. Inspections at more frequent intervals may be required by the nature or condition of a structure or intensive traffic levels.
Requirements for special inspections of railroad bridges are found in § 237.105.
(a) The requirements for recording and reporting bridge inspections are found in § 237.109.
(b) Accurate information about the condition of a bridge should be evaluated by an engineer who is competent to determine the capacity of the bridge. The inspector and the evaluator often are not the same individual; therefore, the quality of the bridge evaluation depends on the quality of the communication between them. Review of inspection reports is addressed in § 237.111.
(a) A bridge management program should include a means to ensure that each bridge under the program is inspected at the frequency prescribed for that bridge by a competent engineer. Scheduling of bridge inspections is addressed in § 237.101.
Title 49 published on 2014-10-01.No entries appear in the Federal Register after this date, for 49 CFR Part 237.