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News Release
Date: 3-27-08

Improvements Made to Rail Crossing in Rowan County

RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Transportation has installed crossing signals and gates at the intersection of Stone Road ( State Road 2315) and the Norfolk Southern Railways tracks near Rockwell.

The $181,711 project was paid for with 90 percent federal funds and ten 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 Rowan 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 more than 2,400 of North Carolina 's 4,121 public at-grade crossings.

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Contact:
Joan Bagherpour, 919-733-7245 x261
NCDOT Rail Division