railroad crossing

noun

US
: a place where a road crosses railroad tracks

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Police vehicle dashcam footage shows quick-thinking officers in a life-or-death incident, desperately pulling the driver from the car just after midnight May 12 as the railroad crossing gates are dropping down with warning lights flashing and bells sounding. Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025 Chesterton is taking steps to enhance pedestrian safety for the Calumet Road railroad crossing in the downtown as a new parking lot is being developed nearby. Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025 Read Next Missouri See photos, videos from Amtrak crash scene in Mendon, Missouri, where train derailed June 27, 2022 5:57 PM The NTSB’s final investigative report, released in August 2023, confirmed that flaws at the railroad crossing contributed to the Amtrak derailment. Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025 The collision happened about 6:14 a.m. Monday at the railroad crossing at 37th Avenue and East 9th Street. Harry Harris, Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for railroad crossing

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“Railroad crossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railroad%20crossing. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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