Patent ID: 8840035

Claim:
A guarded rail section for a movable bridge rail joint, said arrangement comprising: a) a gage side guard plate having a gage side guard plate interior surface, b) a field side guard plate having a field side guard plate interior surface, said gage side guard plate and field side guard plate defining a rail channel; and c) a rail portion disposed in said rail channel and comprising a single machined billet having a gage side and a field side, a lead end, a terminal end, a tread-bearing surface and a lower portion, said lower portion having flat lateral sides and extending substantially the entire distance between said gage side guard plate interior surface and said field side guard plate interior surface, and said rail portion comprising a flangeway machined alongside said tread-bearing surface, wherein said gage side guard plate interior surface defines an insert channel along its top portion, and additionally comprising a top portion insert removably attached into said insert channel.