railroad crossing

noun

US
: a place where a road crosses railroad tracks

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The video, captured from inside the locomotive, showed the train barreling down the tracks toward a railroad crossing. Greg Wehner, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025 There isn’t a direct access point so the contractor plans to build a temporary railroad crossing at North State Street, according to city documents. Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025 After showing her face at a railroad crossing, a boy doll is revealed on the other side of the tracks, looking back at her. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025 Michael Castaneda, a deputy with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, was recently sitting in his car at a railroad crossing in Redlands when the train began approaching the SUV that was sitting on the tracks, according to CBS affiliate KCAL. Abigail Adams, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for railroad crossing 

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“Railroad crossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railroad%20crossing. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.

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