Tuesday, June 29, 2010

NCDOT Permanently Closing Two Railroad Crossings in Alexander County

The N.C. Department of Transportation will permanently close two railroad crossings in Stony Point:
  • The Lodge Hall Court (State Road 1483) railroad crossing will be closed on July 13.
  • The Thomas Lane (State Road 1487) railroad crossing will be closed on July 14.

Signs alerting motorists of the closure will be posted this week. Both crossings are being closed because they are redundant due to their close proximity to the nearby intersections at N.C. 90 and Ruritan Park Road and were identified for closure as part of an Area Crossing Study. The closings are part of NCDOT’s overall effort to work with communities to reduce the number of redundant, high-accident or low volume rail/highway at-grade crossings throughout the state.

LODGE HALL COURT CROSSING: Once closed, the area to the south of the Lodge Hall Court crossing can be accessed from N.C. 90. The north side of the crossing can be accessed from Ruritan Park Road (State Road 1488). The crossings at Shuford Road and Linda Lane/ Fire Lane were improved earlier this year as a part of this corridor project.

THOMAS LANE CROSSING: Once closed, the area to the south side of the Thomas Lane crossing can be accessed from NC 90. The north side of the crossing can be accessed from Ruritan Park Road (State Road 1488). The crossings at Shuford Road and Linda Lane/ Fire Lane were improved this year as a part of this corridor project.

Since 1993, NCDOT has closed more than 155 public at-grade rail crossings.

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