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    • Railroad Bridges

    Metadata Updated: August 3, 2024

    The Railroad Bridges dataset was compiled on October 14, 2022 from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). A railroad bridge is defined as “Railroad bridge means any structure with a deck, regardless of length, which supports one or more railroad tracks, or any other undergrade structure with an individual span length of 10 feet or more located at such a depth that it is affected by live loads.” based on the Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR Part 237). The FRA does not have a mandate to inspect railroad bridges: these inspections are required by the owner of the track. The FRA will use this railroad bridge dataset to determine the number of bridges per railroad, state, etc. and will assist in determining priority field activities.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date July 25, 2024
    Metadata Created Date August 3, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date August 3, 2024
    Reference Date(s) October 14, 2022 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date July 25, 2024
    Metadata Created Date August 3, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date August 3, 2024
    Reference Date(s) October 14, 2022 (creation)
    Responsible Party Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid Railroad Bridges
    Access Constraints Access Constraints: unrestricted
    Bbox East Long -67
    Bbox North Lat 71.5
    Bbox South Lat 18.5
    Bbox West Long -171.5
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Harvest Object Id fa3907e9-5745-4a2e-a8c5-950e6886f6d0
    Harvest Source Id ee45e034-47c1-4a61-a3ec-de75031e6865
    Harvest Source Title National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata
    Licence This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use.
    Lineage
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-171.5, 18.5], [-67.0, 18.5], [-67.0, 71.5], [-171.5, 71.5], [-171.5, 18.5]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True

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