Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-07-15 | Page 11 | Smooth Railroad Crossing Found

SMOOTH RAILROAD CROSSING FOUND problem of The problem of ot designing a riding smooth ridIng enduring crossing where here a a cement concrete high highway ay a railroad at lit grade which has lIas ve vexed ed highway engineers and contractors has bas been satisfactorily nettled by the Arizona state high high- highway highway way av department The crossing design as employed on the Tucson Nogales state high high- highway way ay ay embraces steel railroad rails ralls parallel to the railroad track both between the tracks track and andon andon andon on tho the outside for tor approximately eighteen I inches The rails ralls are placed ball up and the Interstices are ore tilled filled with con con- concrete concrete con concrete crete The rC result is a a crossing that thatIs thatIs thatIs Is smooth at any speed vehicles over It may assume