Highway-Railroad crossings
Signals and traffic control
- Report a problem
- Funding assistance for safety improvements (Federal-Aid Rail-Highway Crossing Safety Repair Program)
- Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD),2003 - Part 8, Traffic Controls for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Surface conditions
- Report a problem
- Funding assistance for surface improvements
- District contacts at the Iowa DOT for highway-railroad grade crossings on the state Primary Road System
Train horns
Federal Railroad Administration regulations require locomotives to sound their horn at highway-railroad grade crossings. Included in the rule are ways in which communities can make safety improvements to silence the horns through establishment of a quiet zone.Contacts for Quiet Zone Issues at Iowa Railroads
