Railroad grade crossing construction

Details Railroad grade crossing construction Railroad grade crossing construction

1981-05-08

1984-07-03

Reese, Randolph

Railways: surface track

Roadbed

Street crossing

238 9, E01C 904

Patent

active

044574681

ABSTRACT:
A railroad grade crossing structure comprising a plurality of prefabricated, elongated, reinforced concrete panels formed of used, inverted rail sections placed between the rails of each track and outside the rails of each track to provide a smooth durable highway surface; the panels resting on resilient pads supported on elongated crossties containing upstanding studs to fit loosely within sleeves in the bottom of the panels to prevent undue lateral movement; substantially all free space between panels and the rails of each track being filled with a settable elastomeric compound; the end panels adjacent the shoulders of the highway having an upper surface substantially flush with the highway surface and sloping downwardly to the lower surface of the panel which rest on the resilient pads.

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