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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">In my original post, I suggested that having a grade crossing on a 70 mph highway was unusual, and that the high speed limit may add to the inherent danger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, throughout this thread, there was a lot of resistance to that suggestion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The consensus here seems to be that if the signals and gates operated as they were intended to, the crossing was adequately protected, regardless of the highway speed limit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">In looking up some information on crossing closures for the NC thread, I noticed that on page 151 of the Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Handbook by the USDOT, it says that grade crossings <span style="text-decoration: underline;">should be eliminated</span> in instances where the road speed limit is 70 mph or higher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wonder why they advise that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What difference would it make what the road speed limit is? </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">RHGC Handbook: </span></span><a href="http://www.ite.org/decade/pubs/TB-019-E.pdf"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.ite.org/decade/pubs/TB-019-E.pdf</span></span></a></span></p>
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