Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 13b - Transportation
17 - Encroachment Permit Regulations
Rules of Practice
Article IV - ADOPTION, AMENDMENT OR REPEAL OF REGULATION
Clearances on Railroads with Reference To Side Structures and Parallel Tracks
Part III - Side Clearances
Section 13b-17-168 - Miscellaneous obstructions
The clearances for (a) water barrel platforms and refuge platforms on bridges and trestles not provided with walkways, (b) handrails, (c) water barrels, (d) water columns, (e) oil columns, (f) cattle guards and (g) stock chutes, when all or portions thereof are four feet or less above the top of the rail, may be decreased to the extent defined by a line extending diagonally upward from a point level with the top of the rail and five feet distant laterally from the center line of track to a point four feet above the top of the rail and eight feet distant laterally from the center line of track; provided the minimum clearance for handrails and water barrels on bridges with walkways shall be seven feet, nine inches, and provided the minimum clearance for fences of cattle guards shall be six feet, nine inches.
