Improvements Made to Rail Crossing in King
RALEIGH—The N.C. Department of Transportation has installed crossing signals and gates at the intersection of Luther Crossing and the Yadkin Valley Railroad tracks in King.
The $146,001 project and was paid for with 90 percent federal funds and 10 percent state funds from NCDOT. Yadkin Valley Railroad and the state will split the cost to maintain the crossing. Two freight trains travel through the crossing daily at speeds up to 10 miles per hour.
This Stokes County project is part of a comprehensive statewide program to enhance highway safety by adding or improving signals and gates at public railroad crossings. Varying types of mechanical warning devices are now in place at nearly 2,400 of North Carolina's 4,182 public crossings.
