Code of Federal Regulations Title 49. Transportation § 49.192.111 Design factor (F) for steel pipe

(1) Crosses the right-of-way of an unimproved public road, without a casing;

(2) Crosses without a casing, or makes a parallel encroachment on, the right-of-way of either a hard surfaced road, a highway, a public street, or a railroad;

(3) Is supported by a vehicular, pedestrian, railroad, or pipeline bridge;  or

(4) Is used in a fabricated assembly, (including separators, mainline valve assemblies, cross-connections, and river crossing headers) or is used within five pipe diameters in any direction from the last fitting of a fabricated assembly, other than a transition piece or an elbow used in place of a pipe bend which is not associated with a fabricated assembly.

(1) Steel pipe in a compressor station, regulating station, or measuring station;  and

(2) Steel pipe, including a pipe riser, on a platform located offshore or in inland navigable waters.