Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 7 - MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Division 265 - Motor Carrier and Railroad Safety › Chapter 8 - Railroads › Section 7 CSR 265-8.130 - Grade Crossing Construction and Maintenance

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment is updating the material
				  incorporated by reference for the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for
				  Streets and Highways.
(1)
				Every crossing shall be constructed of materials that will provide a ride
				quality compatible with that of adjacent roadway surfaces (except that
				crossings of unconsolidated or asphalt material shall have installed headers of
				equal height to the top of rails installed on both sides of both rails).
(A) The crossing on paved roads shall be the
				same width as the approaching roadway including drivable shoulders plus two
				feet (2') on each side. On gravel roads, the crossing shall be the same width
				as the traveled way, which is the width of the crossing as it existed on April
				27, 1989 but not less than sixteen feet (16').
(B) If practicable, the roadway alignment
				should intersect the railroad track at or nearly at right angles. The roadway
				surface shall be in the same plane as the top of rails for a distance of two
				feet (2') outside of rails for either multiple or single track crossings. The
				top of the rail plane shall be connected with the grade line of the roadway
				each way by vertical curves of the length required to provide riding conditions
				and sight distances normally applied to the roadway. It is desirable that the
				roadway surface be not more than three inches (3") higher nor six inches (6")
				lower than the top of the nearest rail at a point thirty feet (30') from the
				rail, measured at a right angle, unless track superelevation dictates
				otherwise. Where crossings involve two (2) or more tracks, the top of rails for
				all tracks shall be brought to the same plane where practicable.
(C) Width of roadway at a highway-railway
				grade crossing should correspond to that of the adjoining highway and have the
				same number and width of traffic lanes as the adjoining highway without extra
				lanes and with center turn lanes at the crossing delineated. At all paved
				approaches to the highway-railway grade crossing, the highway traffic lanes in
				the vicinity of the crossing should be distinctly marked in accordance with the
				recommendations of the
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for
				Streets and Highways
(2009 Edition including Revisions 1 and 2), which
				is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the
				Federal Highway Administration, United States Department of Transportation, 400
				7th Street SW, Room 3408, Washington, DC 20590, website:
https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2009r1r2/mutcd2009r1r2edition.pdf
.
				This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions of this
				manual. These markings are the responsibility of the public
				authorities.
(D) Part 8 of the
				American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association's Guidelines
				for the Design, Construction or Reconstruction of Highway-Railway At-Grade
				Crossings (2013 edition), is incorporated by reference and made a part of this
				rule as published by the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way
				Association, 4501 Forbes Blvd. Suite 130, Lanham-Seabrook, MD 20706. This rule
				does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions of these
				guidelines. These guidelines are recommended practices for the construction and
				reconstruction of highway-railway grade crossings, if
				practicable.