RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Transportation has installed crossing signals and gates at the intersection of
Nelson Street
and the Norfolk Southern Railways tracks in
Kinston
. Crossing grade signals were also installed where the tracks intersect with
Mitchell Street
.
The $105,010 Nelson Street project was fully paid for with funds from NCDOT. The
Mitchell Street
signals cost an estimated $136,200 and were also fully paid for by the state.
Norfolk
Southern and the city will split the cost to maintain the crossings as part of the Kinston Corridor project. Four freight trains travel through the crossings daily.
These
Lenoir
County
projects are 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.
***NCDOT***
Contact:
Joan Bagherpour, 919-733-7245 x261
NCDOT Rail Division
