railroad crossing

noun

US
: a place where a road crosses railroad tracks

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Michael Castaneda, a deputy with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, was recently sitting in his car at a railroad crossing in Redlands when the train began approaching the SUV that was sitting on the tracks, according to CBS affiliate KCAL. Abigail Adams, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024 River Road to close at Edith Road, Frankfort Avenue this weekend River Road will be closed while crews replace a railroad crossing near Edith Road and Frankfort Avenue Saturday and Sunday, Metro Public Works said in a statement. Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 17 July 2024 The Fayetteville City Council meets tonight and will consider: A resolution to approve a cost-sharing agreement with Washington Regional Medical Services to build a railroad crossing at Futrall Drive and Gregg Avenue, not to exceed $730,000. Worth Sparkman, Axios, 16 July 2024 Environmental group: Recent spills show need for tougher laws News of the spill into Bear Creek in Warren comes only a day after word of a mysterious, corrosive, milky liquid emanating from the ground near a railroad crossing at the former McLouth Steel Superfund site in Riverview. Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for railroad crossing 

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“Railroad crossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railroad%20crossing. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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