Rail-Highway Grade Crossing Warning Devices

PURPOSE: Pursuant to section 389.610, RSMo, this rule adapts pertinent provisions of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) relating to rail-highway grade crossing warning systems. PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The secretary of state has determined that publication of the entire text of the material that is incorporated by reference as a portion of this rule would be unduly cumbersome or expensive. This material as incorporated by reference in this rule shall be maintained by the agency at its headquarters and shall be made available to the public for inspection and copying at no more than the actual cost of reproduction. This note applies only to the reference material. The entire text of the rule is printed here. (1) The division incorporates by reference in this rule Part 8 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (2009 edition including Revisions 1 and 2), which is incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Federal Highway Administration, United States Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street SW, Room 3408, Washington, DC 20590, website: https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2009r1r2/ mutcd2009r1r2edition.pdf and makes it applicable to rail fixed guideway systems (RFGS). This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions of this manual. Part 8, entitled “Traffic Control for Railroad and Light Rail Transit Grade Crossings,” establishes standards for the design, installation, and operation of rail-highway grade crossing warning devices. The commission recommends that the standards in Part 8 be applied in the installation of all grade crossing warning systems on RFGSs in Missouri, unless otherwise provided by rule of the commission or order of the division. AUTHORITY: sections 389.1005 and 622.027, RSMo 2016.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 265-9.110. Emergency rule filed Feb. 5, 1993, effective Feb. 15, 1993, expired June 14, 1993. Original rule filed Nov. 4, 1992, effective June 7, 1993. Amended: Filed June 22, 1998, effective Feb. 28, 1999. Moved and amended: Filed Nov. 20, 2006, effective June 30, 2007. Amended: Filed Oct. 6, 2017, effective May 30, 2018. Amended: Filed Dec. 9, 2022, effective July 30, 2023. *Original authority: 389.1005, RSMo 1996, and 622.027, RSMo 1985, amended 1993, 1995.