LONG BEACH — Railroad crossings across southeast Mississippi are becoming increasingly dangerous for drivers. Steep approaches — created by ongoing rail maintenance — are blamed for causing ...

This will require the rerouting of traffic.According to Effingham County leaders, the work will require the total closure of seven railroad crossings, including one in the Picket Fences neighborhood.

The Leggett Street railroad crossing has been closed since August for renovation while gas company contractors in a separate project have squeezed traffic on South 14th Street since early December.

under the Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program. The $1.6 million grant will be used to engineer plans to eventually eliminate the crossing. Once a plan has been developed, the city will be ...

Question: Can you talk about railroad crossing safety and the laws that cover it? Answer: I have responded to and investigated a number of train/vehicle crashes in my career. A majority of them ...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently released a report that assesses the benefits of a real-time railroad crossing information system for first responders. The study (download below) ...