Road closed at Beaverdale Rd rail crossing due to damage, Des Moines County IA


A railroad crossing at Beaverdale Road has hazardous metal and concrete sticking up, with part of the road missing, making it impassable for vehicles. Trains can still pass, but vehicles are blocked from crossing until inspection and repairs are made.
Audio|Source: Burlington Junction Railway/ BNSF Railway
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Transcript:
00:00
so as far as train movement, it's not affecting train movement, but for vehicular movement over that crossing. And is that the 212, I think it was 212.6, Beaverdale Road, is that affecting vehicular traffic?
00:25
079-189 hotel okay so not affecting trains but is affecting vehicles in between mains one and two metal inside concrete sticking up over
00:42
Okay, Roger that.
00:44
We will hold everybody sure to that crossing until we get further analysis on that. Yeah, I'm cutting maintenance in on that right now.
00:53
All right, thank you for the update there, gentlemen.
00:55
Let me know if there's anything else you find out there.
01:01
Okay, Roger that, so main one, as far as you're concerned, you'll be able to get your train over it.
01:08
But yeah, anybody following will want to keep off until we have somebody inspect that.
01:19
Okay,
01:20
so vehicles basically can't get over it, whether they want it to or not. If I'm envisioning this correctly, that's not just the metal issue, but we've got a piece of the road literally missing.
01:37
Roger that, Rebar will do that.
01:40
Okay, Roger that.
01:42
Thank you for the update.
01:43
And yeah, if you're thinking you pull through that,
01:48
fine. If you don't feel comfortable doing that, let me know.
01:52
Like I said, I'm getting people out there to take a look at this right now.
02:02
Okay, Roger that, yeah, I wouldn't take a chance to try to move that thing.
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Beaverdale Rd, Iowa
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