Stop signs to be replaced with yield signs at certain railroad crossings in Idaho

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A good share of stop signs at Idaho railroad crossings are being replaced with yield signs.

The Idaho Department of Transportation encourages motorists to use caution and remain alert as the change affects about 60 percent of the state’s 1,400 railroad crossings in both urban and rural areas. The move away from traditional red stop signs is consistent with the signage at railroad crossings in the rest of the U.S.

The targeted crossings are defined as passive, meaning they do not have safety features such as flashing red lights or a crossing gate that blocks the approach to tracks. Stop signs could remain at some passive crossings if the local road agency conducts an engineering study that supports a stop sign instead of a yield sign.

The railroad company that owns the rail line conducts the switch, and companies hope to complete the sign change by the end of the year.   (ITD)

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