Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 415 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - LOCAL ASSISTANCE DIVISION › Chapter 4 - Definitions for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings › Section 415-4-001 - THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS APPLY TO ALL PROVISIONS OF TITLE 415, CHAPTERS 5, 6 AND 7

Current through June 17, 2024
001.01 ACCESS ROAD
A private or public roadway used to provide vehicular access to private
	 or public property, roads, streets or highways.
001.02 ACTIVE WARNING DEVICE
Traffic control device activated by the approach or presence of a
	 train, such as flashing light signals, automatic gates and similar devices all
	 of which display to motorists positive warning of the approach or presence of a
	 train.
001.03 BLOCKED
  CROSSING
A crossing that is closed to vehicular traffic by a temporarily stopped
	 train, parked or stored cars, locomotives, equipment or trains engaged in
	 switching movements.
001.04
  CORRIDOR
A group of two or more adjacent crossings designated by the Department
	 as a corridor, all located within the same county.
001.05 DEPARTMENT
Nebraska Department of Roads, Rail and Public Transportation
	 Division.
001.06 DEPUTY
  DIRECTOR-ENGINEERING
Deputy Director-Engineering of the Nebraska Department of Roads.
001.07 DIAGNOSTIC TEAM
A group of representatives from the Department, the railroad, the
	 county or municipality and may include the landowner for private crossings and
	 a representative of the Federal Highway Administration.
001.08 DIAGNOSTIC TEAM REVIEW
Field inspection of specific crossings made by the Diagnostic
	 Team.
001.09 DIRECTOR
Director or Director State Engineer of the Nebraska Department of
	 Roads.
001.10 DISTRICT
  REPRESENTATIVE
District Engineer or his/her Nebraska Department of Roads
	 representative.
001.11
  EXPOSURE FACTOR
Product of most recent average daily vehicle traffic and most recent
	 average daily train traffic at a grade crossing. Example: 100 vehicles/day x 50
	 trains/day = 5,000 exposure factor.
001.12 FEDERAL RAIL SAFETY FUNDS
Federal funds appropriated specifically for the elimination of hazards
	 at railroad-highway crossings.
001.13 GRADE SEPARATION OR GRADE SEPARATION
  STRUCTURE
A structure, such as a bridge, viaduct, overpass, or underpass at a
	 Highway-Rail Grade Crossing that creates a separation of the elevation of the
	 highway and the railroad.
001.14 HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSING, GRADE
  CROSSING OR CROSSING
Intersection of a public or private road and a railroad where the
	 intersecting railroad and highway are at the same elevation.
001.15 MUTCD
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted pursuant to Neb. Rev.
	 Stat. Sec.
	 60-6,118.
001.16 MAINTENANCE
Any action taken to preserve or restore any feature, device or
	 appurtenance to the approach roadway or crossing in order to keep the approach
	 roadway or crossing in a condition as near as is practical to its condition as
	 originally designed or constructed. Maintenance activities of the local entity
	 or the railroad may include, but are not limited to the following:
001.16A Normal grading activities of
  aggregate roadways including, but not limited to reshaping the roadway,
  shoulders and/or the ditches, and embedding gravel.
001.16B The overlay of existing paved
  roadways that does not include widening of the roadway.
001.16C Replacement of roadway signs and
  pavement markings by the local entity and replacement of crossing warning signs
  by the railroad company or railroad track owner.
001.16D Replacement of ties, ballast and
  rails.
001.16E Signal maintenance
  including circuitry upgrades of mainline and/or crossing signals.
001.16F Replacement or repair of crossing
  surface by the railroad company.