                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF CROSSBUCKS (§ 56-405.2)

Every railroad company shall cause signal boards, hereinafter referred to as
crossbucks, well supported by posts or otherwise and approved by the Department
of Transportation at such heights as to be easily seen by travelers from both
directions of the public highway, and not obstructing travel, containing in
capital letters, at least five inches high, the inscription &#8220;railroad
crossing,&#8221; to be placed, and constantly maintained, at each public highway
at or near, and on both sides of, each place where it is crossed by the railroad
at the same level. The requirements of this section in localities that maintain
their own streets may be waived at specific crossings on the petition of any
such company to both the Commissioner of Highways and the public road authority
if both the Commissioner and the public road authority determine that any such
crossing has or will have other adequate warning devices or that the placement
of new crossbucks will not enhance the safety of the traveling public. Neither
official action nor failure to act as hereinabove provided shall impair the
power of the Commissioner or the public road authority to require crossbucks at
specific public crossings should a subsequent determination of their need be
made.
		The cost of erecting crossbucks placed at a public highway for the first time
or whenever the Commissioner or the public road authority determines an upgrade
of the standards is required may be paid or supplemented from federal funds when
available to the Department of Transportation for such purpose at the sole
discretion of the Commissioner of Highways. But the election of the Commissioner
not to participate in such cost shall not relieve any company from the
obligation of this section.
		This section shall apply as to cities and towns in the case of new crossbucks
beginning July 1, 1977.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 226; 1996, cc. 114, 157.