Memphis Residents Look at Options to Improve Grade Crossing Safety
6/26/2009 -
Norfolk Southern Railway’s plans to expand its Crescent Corridor from New Orleans through New Jersey are making business owners and residents of Memphis search for new ways to minimize grade crossing risks.
The Memphis Metropolitan Planning Organization recently hosted a public meeting to discuss where to put overpasses and how to improve north-south automobile traffic flow through the city. At the same, the Metropolitan Planning Organization is starting a study of the Norfolk Southern rail corridor’s effect on automobile traffic.
Five miles of the corridor slice through Memphis’ busiest commercial area. Much of it has no grade-separated crossings.
About 35 trains per day pass along the corridor, which is unlikely to decrease now that Norfolk Southern is expanding its rail service through the Memphis area. The railroad uses its terminals in the Memphis area as gateways to communities along the lower Mississippi River.
Contact: Susan Terpay, Norfolk Southern, (757) 823-5204.
The Memphis Metropolitan Planning Organization recently hosted a public meeting to discuss where to put overpasses and how to improve north-south automobile traffic flow through the city. At the same, the Metropolitan Planning Organization is starting a study of the Norfolk Southern rail corridor’s effect on automobile traffic.
Five miles of the corridor slice through Memphis’ busiest commercial area. Much of it has no grade-separated crossings.
About 35 trains per day pass along the corridor, which is unlikely to decrease now that Norfolk Southern is expanding its rail service through the Memphis area. The railroad uses its terminals in the Memphis area as gateways to communities along the lower Mississippi River.
Contact: Susan Terpay, Norfolk Southern, (757) 823-5204.
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