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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 277 RAILROADS -- ORGANIZATION AND OPERATING REGULATIONS
277.240 Height of bridges and passways over railroad tracks -- Telltales.
Download pdfless height than twenty-two (22) feet above the track of the road, unless by the
written authority of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. (2) Whenever there is, over any railroad track, a bridge, tunnel or other obstruction at a height of less than seven (7) feet above the roof of the freight cars used or hauled on
that railroad, the officers of the railroad shall erect and keep in repair at or near the
bridge, tunnel or obstruction, and on each side thereof, a rod or beam placed across
the track at such height and at such distance from the bridge, tunnel or obstruction
as the cabinet directs, and from the rod or beam shall be suspended straps, ropes, or
cords of such length as the cabinet determines, and not greater than six (6) inches
apart, for a width of eight (8) feet, directly over the track. Effective: December 1, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 417, sec. 13, effective December 1, 2000. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
sec. 776. Legislative Research Commission Note (12/1/2000). The contingency on the effectiveness of this statute set by 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 417, sec. 18, was met, the voters
of the Commonwealth having ratified at the general election on November 7, 2000, a
constitutional amendment (see 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 399) abolishing the Railroad
Commission.
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