Main street - upgrade to cantilever flashing lights and four-quadrant gates with interconnection

The Virginia Department of Transportation received a $188,832 Formula Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration on March 3, 2023. The funding is part of the Highway Planning and Construction federal grant program (CFDA 20.205) and will support the upgrade of cantilever flashing lights and installation of four-quadrant gates with interconnection at a CSX railroad crossing in Suffolk, Virginia. Specifically, the grant award will fund preliminary engineering for a highway-rail safety project to modernize existing flashing lights to cantilevered flashing lights and install gates at the Route 32 Main Street railroad crossing. The project aims to improve safety at the at-grade crossing through these infrastructure upgrades.

Project description

Suffolk; from 55 feet south of prentiss street; to CSX railroad crossing #623790E; preliminary engineering highway-rail safety project - priority #2022001 - route 32 main street - upgrade existing flashing lights to cantilever flashing lights and four-quadrant gates with interconnection at CSX railroad crossing #623790E in the city of suffolk.