Iowa Rail

HIGHWAY-RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Signals and traffic control

• Report a problem
• Funding assistance for safety improvements (Federal-Aid Rail-Highway Crossing Safety Repair Program)
• Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD),2003 - Part 8, Traffic Controls for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

Traffic Control on Highway Right of Way (ROW) & Notification to Roadway Authorities

• Traffic control at highway crossings letter

Surface conditions

• Report a problem
• Funding assistance for surface improvements
• District contacts at the Iowa DOT for highway-railroad grade crossings on the state Primary Road System

Train horns

Federal Railroad Administration regulations require locomotives to sound their horn at highway-railroad grade crossings. Included in the rule are ways in which communities can make safety improvements to silence the horns through establishment of a quiet zone.