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Indiana Code Title 8. Utilities and Transportation § 8-8-1-12

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 12. (a) It is unlawful for a railroad carrier in this state engaged in operating a line of standard gauge railroad, or a person or persons, association, municipal, or private corporation, to build or maintain a structure or alter or rebuild a structure or railway bridge along the line of the railroad in Indiana, in which that part of the structure or bridge nearest to the track is less than seven (7) feet from the center of the track, without first obtaining permission of the Indiana department of transportation so to do.

(b) No new structure or new railway bridge shall be built in which that part of the structure or bridge nearest to the track is less than eight (8) feet from the center of the track without first obtaining permission from the Indiana department of transportation.  However:

(1) the clearance referred to in this section does not apply to signal fixtures governing train operations within interlocking limits;  and

(2) the term “structures” as used in this section does not include parallel or adjacent tracks, railroad crossings, crossovers, turn-outs, or switches.

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