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    5.4.1.4 Grade Crossing: 254 Railway Geotechnics

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    This document discusses best practices for designing track transitions and grade crossings for railways. It recommends: (1) maintaining good drainage to prevent water accumulation; (2) strengthening weak subgrades; (3) reducing stresses on ballast and subgrade by decreasing tie spacing and increasing tie size near transitions; and (4) adding resilient or damping materials under the track to reduce dynamic forces. It then provides an example of a bridge approach that developed rough track geometry quickly due to the stiffness difference between the bridge and approach tracks.

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    This document discusses best practices for designing track transitions and grade crossings for railways. It recommends: (1) maintaining good drainage to prevent water accumulation; (2) strengthening weak subgrades; (3) reducing stresses on ballast and subgrade by decreasing tie spacing and increasing tie size near transitions; and (4) adding resilient or damping materials under the track to reduce dynamic forces. It then provides an example of a bridge approach that developed rough track geometry quickly due to the stiffness difference between the bridge and approach tracks.

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    This document discusses best practices for designing track transitions and grade crossings for railways. It recommends: (1) maintaining good drainage to prevent water accumulation; (2) strengthening weak subgrades; (3) reducing stresses on ballast and subgrade by decreasing tie spacing and increasing tie size near transitions; and (4) adding resilient or damping materials under the track to reduce dynamic forces. It then provides an example of a bridge approach that developed rough track geometry quickly due to the stiffness difference between the bridge and approach tracks.

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    5.4.1.4 Grade Crossing: 254 Railway Geotechnics

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    This document discusses best practices for designing track transitions and grade crossings for railways. It recommends: (1) maintaining good drainage to prevent water accumulation; (2) strengthening weak subgrades; (3) reducing stresses on ballast and subgrade by decreasing tie spacing and increasing tie size near transitions; and (4) adding resilient or damping materials under the track to reduce dynamic forces. It then provides an example of a bridge approach that developed rough track geometry quickly due to the stiffness difference between the bridge and approach tracks.

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    254 Railway Geotechnics

    tamp, it is especially important to design and maintain good drainage so


    that water would not stay in the track; (3) because of large impact forces
    exerted on the track from rail running surface discontinuities, the track
    foundation should be strengthened using methods such as underlayment
    HMA; and (4) design and install resilient and damping materials, such
    as rubber pads, under the platework or ballast mats between the ballast
    layer and the HMA underlayment to reduce and attenuate dynamic impact
    forces.

    5.4.1.4 Grade crossing


    Although grade crossings are not typically allowed for high-speed passen-
    ger track, they can be found at many locations in freight railway track as
    well as in transit track. The cause of many problems in grade crossings are
    associated with the change of track superstructure at the crossing, as well
    as poor drainage conditions.
    Best practices for this type of track transition design include the follow-
    ing: (1) design and maintain good drainage so that water will not accumu-
    late and stay in the grade crossing as well as in the adjacent track; and (2) if
    weak subgrade soil is identified, it needs to be removed or treated not only
    under the grade crossing but also under the adjacent track.
    As stated for other transition types, it is also a common practice to reduce
    tie spacing and increase tie footprint in the track that approaches the grade
    crossing to reduce ballast and subgrade stress to minimize the formation of
    a dip. Also, stabilization of the ballast should be considered.

    5.4.2 Examples of design and remediation


    The following are several track transition design and remediation examples
    that have been implemented in the field: most have been proven effective while
    one has not as will be described. These examples are chosen to illustrate how
    design and remediation can meet the design principles described earlier.

    5.4.2.1 Reduce stiffness and increase


    damping for track on bridge
    At the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST) in Pueblo, Colorado
    of the United States, two multispan concrete bridges were built in 2003,
    both with ballast decks. Standard concrete ties were used on the bridges
    and in the approaches. Track roughness started to develop at the approaches
    soon after the bridges went into service, and ballast tamping and surfacing
    operations were required every 2–8 MGT. This situation is found on many
    railways’ ballast deck concrete and steel bridges, where these bridges and
    their approaches require frequent track maintenance work due to rough
    track geometry, mud pumping, and tie cracking.

    © 2016 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

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