RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Transportation has upgraded the crossing signals and added gates at the intersection of King Street (State Road 1300) and the CSX Transportation railroad tracks in Laurinburg.
The $172,432 project was paid for with 90 percent federal funds and 10 percent state funds from NCDOT. CSX and the state will split the cost to maintain the crossing. More than 25 freight trains travel through the crossing daily at speeds up to 49 miles per hour.
This
Scotland
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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Contact:
Joan Bagherpour, 919-733-7245 x261
NCDOT Rail Division
