Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 191.001 - Height of Structures Over Tracks(a) In this section, "structure" includes a bridge, viaduct, overheadway, footbridge, or wire.(b) The bottom of the lowest sill, girder, or crossbeam or the lowest downward projection of a structure built by the state, a county or municipality, or a railroad company or other corporation, firm, partnership, or individual over the tracks of a railway or railroad shall be placed at least 22 feet above the top of the rails of the tracks.(c) A roof projection built from a loading platform along a railroad main track, siding track, spur, or switch shall be at least 22 feet above the rails of the track.Tex. Transp. Code § 191.001
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 24.101, eff. September 1, 2011.