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Definition of Grade crossing
1. Noun. Intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass.
Generic synonyms: Carrefour, Crossing, Crossroad, Crossway, Intersection
Definition of Grade crossing
1. Noun. (Chiefly American English) An at-grade crossing between a railroad line and an ordinary road, with tracks and road at the same level. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grade Crossing
Literary usage of Grade crossing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"Railroads <^=99(2)-Apportionment of cost of abolishing grade crossing not ground
... Railroads ф=»99(2)—Portion of cost of eliminating grade crossing may be ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Л grade crossing is highly dangerous to the traveling public on both roads.
All precautions taken to avoid danger serve only to lessen it. ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"The Railroad Commission on the petition of a road made conditional orders granting
it the right to a grade crossing over another road, provided that such ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads: Containing a Consideration of the by Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott (1921)
"... an up-grade after stopping for such crossing and that и crossing below grade
could be constructed at a somewhat larger expense than the grade crossing, ..."
5. Annual Report by New Hampshire Railroad Commissioners (1908)
"HENRY M. PUTNEY, ARTHUR G. WHITTEMORE, GEORGE E. BALES, Railroad Commissioners.
grade crossing IN PORTSMOUTH. fo the A'eic Hampshire Board of Railroad ..."
6. American Statute Law: An Analytical and Compared Digest by Frederic Jesup Stimson (1892)
"But no railroad shall cross any other railroad at grade, except for the purpose
of connecting therewith, when the avoidance of a grade crossing is ..."
7. Biennial Report by Vermont Public Service Commission (1894)
"... respectfully request that you inquire, at as early a day as is practicable,
as to the condition of the railroad grade crossing of the Montpelier and ..."
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