Improvements Made to Rail Crossing in Randolph County

RALEIGH—The N.C. Department of Transportation has installed crossing signals and gates at the intersection of Beckerdite Road (State Road 1524) and the Norfolk Southern tracks near Sophia.

The $154,600 project was paid for with 90 percent federal funds and 10 percent state funds from NCDOT. Norfolk Southern and NCDOT will split the cost to maintain the crossing. Two freight trains travel through the crossing daily at speeds up to 25 miles per hour.

This Randolph County project is part of a comprehensive statewide program to enhance highway safety by adding or improving signals and gates at public railroad crossings. Mechanical warning devices are now in place at nearly 2,400 of North Carolina's 4,182 public crossings.

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