Over A Dozen Railroad Crossings To Close For Repair

February 8, 2016

[UPDATE 9:15 a.m.] Over a dozen railroad crossings will be closed at some time during the couple of of weeks for repairs from McDavid north through Century, including Highway 4 beginning Tuesday.

Highway 4 will be closed at the crossing just east of Highway 29 from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday and from 8 a.m. until completion on Thursday as CSX repairs and replaces railroad ties. While the crossing will be open overnight, it will be marked as “rough” warning drivings of temporary filling material until paving is completed on Thursday.

CSX will close numerous other North Escambia a crossing as part of its network-wide crossing maintenance program beginning next week, with work expected to be completed in one week.

CSX engineering crews will be laying new rail ties, resurfacing crossings and repaving them with asphalt. CSX has worked closely with local officials to coordinate the crossing closures to minimize disruption to the community and is communicating directly with residents where there are dead-end roads or no-outlet situations.

Traffic will experience temporary closures to the following road crossings during the operations period:

  • Cottage Street
  • McCurdy Road
  • Hecker Road
  • Front Street
  • East Pond Street
  • Jefferson Avenue
  • Salters Lake Road
  • Bluff Springs Road
  • Courtney Road
  • Mystic Springs Road
  • East Bogia Road
  • Cotton Lake Road

The roads listed above will be temporarily closed at different times on the  maintenance schedule, according to CSX.  NorthEscambia.com is working with the contractor to provide an updated schedule for crossing closures as soon as possible.

All activities are weather dependent and may be delayed or rescheduled in the event of inclement weather. Motorists are reminded to travel with care through the work zone and to watch for construction equipment and workers entering and exiting the roadway.

Pictured top: Repairs were make to the Hecker Road crossing in Century late last month. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.

Comments

3 Responses to “Over A Dozen Railroad Crossings To Close For Repair”

  1. Mystic springs road on February 11th, 2016 2:05 pm

    Just like mystic springs road we only have one way in and out to get from worly road

  2. BLUFF SPRINGS RESIDENT on February 8th, 2016 8:11 pm

    What if a train was to derail and residents on the east side of the tracks had be evacuated from there homes if they were able to leave there homes due tracks being so close where would they go. hope the wind was blowing the right direction , could they have time to launch a boat , evacuate to the furtherance point from the tracks which would be the river bank , or dawn life jackets and float down river. The Escambia County Search and Rescue needs look into this due to fact of the elderly that lives on the trapped side of tracks. FOOTNOTE : Escambia county school bus would cross the cross to pick up kids.

  3. David Huie Green on February 8th, 2016 11:33 am

    “Bluff Springs Road”

    This is why the road spurring off of Dawson Road and crossing the railroad to just past Pringle’s Creek needs to be reopened.
    It was illegally blocked and never officially abandoned, plus it is platter as a road in the original Bluff Springs layout.
    As it is, with the crossing at Bluff Springs Road closed, everybody in there will be trapped

    David for second bolt holes

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