Or. Admin. Code § 741-100-0020 - Definitions
As used in OAR chapter 741, divisions 100 through 200, the following definitions apply:
(1)
"Alter" means any change to the roadway or tracks at a crossing that materially
affects use of the crossing by railroad equipment, vehicles, or pedestrians.
Alterations include, but are not limited to adding or removing tracks; changing
the width of the roadway; installing or removing protective devices; creating
an additional travel lane; changing the direction of traffic flow; installing
curbs, sidewalks, or bicycle facilities; or changing grade, including
superelevation, if sufficient to necessitate a change of the grade of the
railroad or highway being crossed.
(2) "AASHTO" means the American Association
of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 2001, A Policy on Geometric
Design of Highways and Streets, Fourth Edition.
(3) "Bicycle facilities" are defined in
Section 1A.13 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), see
section 13 below.
(4) "Bicycle
lane" has the meaning given in Section 1A.13 of the MUTCD.
(5) "Crossing" means the area affecting or
affected by the intersection of a highway with a track or tracks of a railroad
or a rail fixed guideway system.
(6) "Curb" means standard curb as per Oregon
Standard Drawing No. RD700.
(7)
"Grade crossing" means a highway-rail grade crossing as defined in Section
1A.13 of the MUTCD.
(8)
"Guardrail" means a device as depicted in Oregon Standard Drawing No. RD445.
(9) "Highway" has the meaning
given that term in ORS
824.200(2).
(10) "Illumination" means a system
of luminaires arranged in a unique pattern (see Figure 4) to provide direct
lighting on the side of railroad equipment occupying a grade crossing during
hours of darkness.
(11)
"Interconnection" is as defined in Section 1A.13 of the MUTCD.
(a) "Preemption" is as defined in Section
1A.13 of the MUTCD. See also Section 4D.27 of the MUTCD.
(b) "Advance Preemption" is as defined in
1A.13 of the MUTCD.
(c)
"Simultaneous Preemption" is as defined in Section 1A.13 of the MUTCD.
(12) "Maintenance"
includes but is not limited to the repair, replacement, alignment, cleaning of
protective devices and other actions necessary to assure the proper warning is
conveyed to users of the crossing. It also includes the required power to
properly activate and operate the protective devices. Minor changes resulting
from the maintenance of surface, grade, and alignment, or the replacement in
kind of existing signs and signals are not alterations. See OAR 741-120-0020 regarding maintenance of grade crossing surfaces.
(13) "MUTCD" means the Manual on Uniform
Traffic Control Devices as adopted by OAR 734-020-0005.
(14) "Pathway" is defined in Section 1A.13 of
the MUTCD.
(15) "Public authority"
has the meaning given to the term "public authority in interest" in ORS
824.200(7).
(16) "Rail fixed guideway system"
means any light, heavy or rapid rail system, monorail, inclined plane,
funicular, trolley or automated guideway used primarily for carrying
passengers.
(17) "Railroad" has
the meaning given that term in ORS
824.020(2) and
824.200(7).
(18) "Roadway" has the meaning
given in Section 1A.13 of the MUTCD.
(19) "Safe Stopping Distance" (SSD) means the
design stopping sight distance as set forth in AASHTO 2001, Exhibit 3-1 (see
Table 1).
(20) "Separated
crossing" means a crossing where the highway and railroad are not at common
grade. There are two types of separated crossings:
(a) "Overcrossing" means the highway is above
the railroad.
(b) "Undercrossing"
means the railroad is above the highway.
(21) "Shoulder" means that portion of the
roadway contiguous with the traveled way that accommodates stopped vehicles,
emergency use, and lateral support of sub-base, base, and surface courses.
(22) "Sidewalk" is as defined in
Section 1A.13 of the MUTCD.
(23)
"Sight Distance" means the distance from the highway-rail grade crossing,
measured along the railroad, that a train must become visible to a motorist who
is at the SSD.
(24) "Standard
Protective Devices" means the traffic control devices listed in the MUTCD, and
the Active, Passive, Auxiliary and Advance Warning devices listed in Sections
(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) of OAR 741 110 0030.
Notes
Publications: Publications referenced are available from the agency.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 184.616, 184.619, 823.011, 824.202, 824.220
Stats. Implemented: ORS 824.200
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