DCHP-3

level crossing

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a place where a railway line crosses a public road or highway.

Quotations

1853
"Level-crossings" have always been a source of danger, and should at any cost be avoided, if possible in crowded thoroughfares.
1909
The railway track at a level crossing in Allandale was used as a shunting yard by the railroad company and the crossing was considered to be unsafe to the travelling public.
1964
A teen-age Brockville girl . . . was instantly killed at a district level crossing Sunday night when a Montreal-Toronto passenger train struck her boy friend's car.