Railroad_Crossings_MD

Summary

Rail Crossings is a spatial file maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for use by States and railroads.

Description

FRA Grade Crossings is a spatial file that originates from the National Highway-Rail Crossing, Inventory Program. The program is to provide information to Federal, State, and local governments, as well as the railroad industry for the improvements of safety at highway-rail crossing.

Credits

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

Use limitations

There are no access and use limitations for this item.

Extent

West -79.491008 East -75.178954 North 39.733500 South 38.051719

Scale Range Maximum (zoomed in) 1:5,000 Minimum (zoomed out) 1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata ▼►Topics and Keywords ▼►Themes or categories of the resource  transportation

* Content type  Downloadable Data Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Temporal keywords  2013

Theme keywords  Rail

Theme keywords  Grade Crossing

Theme keywords  Rail Crossings

Citation ▼►Title rr_crossings Creation date 2013-03-15 00:00:00

Presentation formats  * digital map

Citation Contacts ▼►Responsible party  Individual's name Raquel Hunt Organization's name Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Contact's position GIS Program Manager Contact's role  custodian

Responsible party  Organization's name Research and Innovative Technology Administration/Bureau of Transportation Statistics Individual's name National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) 2013 Contact's position Geospatial Information Systems Contact's role  distributor

Contact information  ▼►Phone  Voice 202-366-DATA

Address  Type  Delivery point 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE City Washington Administrative area DC Postal code 20590 e-mail address answers@BTS.gov

Resource Details ▼►Dataset languages  * English (UNITED STATES) Dataset character set  utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Spatial representation type  * vector

* Processing environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7600) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.0.3348

Credits Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

ArcGIS item properties  * Name USDOT_RRCROSSINGS_MD * Size 0.047 Location withheld * Access protocol Local Area Network

Extents ▼►Extent  Geographic extent  Bounding rectangle  Extent type  Extent used for searching * West longitude -79.491008 * East longitude -75.178954 * North latitude 39.733500 * South latitude 38.051719 * Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system  * West longitude 611522.170675 * East longitude 1824600.445629 * South latitude 149575.449134 * North latitude 752756.624659 * Extent contains the resource Yes

Resource Points of Contact ▼►Point of contact  Individual's name Raquel Hunt Organization's name Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Contact's position GIS Program Manager Contact's role  custodian

Resource Maintenance ▼►Resource maintenance  Update frequency  annually

Resource Constraints ▼►Constraints  Limitations of use There are no access and use limitations for this item.

Spatial Reference ▼►ArcGIS coordinate system  * Type Projected * Geographic coordinate reference GCS_North_American_1983_HARN * Projection NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Maryland_FIPS_1900_Feet * Coordinate reference details  Projected coordinate system  Well-known identifier 2893 X origin -120561100 Y origin -95444400 XY scale 36953082.294548117 Z origin -100000 Z scale 10000 M origin -100000 M scale 10000 XY tolerance 0.0032808333333333331 Z tolerance 0.001 M tolerance 0.001 High precision true Latest well-known identifier 2893 Well-known text PROJCS["NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Maryland_FIPS_1900_Feet",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983_HARN",DATUM["D_North_American_1983_HARN",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree"

Data and Resources

Field Value
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catalog_@id https://opendata.maryland.gov/data.json
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identifier https://opendata.maryland.gov/api/views/umj6-mjcw
issued 2013-10-04
landingPage https://opendata.maryland.gov/d/umj6-mjcw
modified 2016-09-09
publisher opendata.maryland.gov
resource-type Dataset
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theme {Transportation}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • 2013
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • ckan
  • geo
  • geoss
  • grade-crossing
  • national
  • north-america
  • rail
  • rail-crossing
  • united-states
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Jake Lloyd
maintainer_email no-reply@opendata.maryland.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-21T19:24:42.333027
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T19:24:42.333031
notes Summary Rail Crossings is a spatial file maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for use by States and railroads. Description FRA Grade Crossings is a spatial file that originates from the National Highway-Rail Crossing, Inventory Program. The program is to provide information to Federal, State, and local governments, as well as the railroad industry for the improvements of safety at highway-rail crossing. Credits Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Use limitations There are no access and use limitations for this item. Extent West -79.491008 East -75.178954 North 39.733500 South 38.051719 Scale Range Maximum (zoomed in) 1:5,000 Minimum (zoomed out) 1:150,000,000 ArcGIS Metadata ▼►Topics and Keywords ▼►Themes or categories of the resource  transportation * Content type  Downloadable Data Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No Temporal keywords  2013 Theme keywords  Rail Theme keywords  Grade Crossing Theme keywords  Rail Crossings Citation ▼►Title rr_crossings Creation date 2013-03-15 00:00:00 Presentation formats  * digital map Citation Contacts ▼►Responsible party  Individual's name Raquel Hunt Organization's name Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Contact's position GIS Program Manager Contact's role  custodian Responsible party  Organization's name Research and Innovative Technology Administration/Bureau of Transportation Statistics Individual's name National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) 2013 Contact's position Geospatial Information Systems Contact's role  distributor Contact information  ▼►Phone  Voice 202-366-DATA Address  Type  Delivery point 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE City Washington Administrative area DC Postal code 20590 e-mail address answers@BTS.gov Resource Details ▼►Dataset languages  * English (UNITED STATES) Dataset character set  utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format Spatial representation type  * vector * Processing environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7600) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.0.3348 Credits Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) ArcGIS item properties  * Name USDOT_RRCROSSINGS_MD * Size 0.047 Location withheld * Access protocol Local Area Network Extents ▼►Extent  Geographic extent  Bounding rectangle  Extent type  Extent used for searching * West longitude -79.491008 * East longitude -75.178954 * North latitude 39.733500 * South latitude 38.051719 * Extent contains the resource Yes Extent in the item's coordinate system  * West longitude 611522.170675 * East longitude 1824600.445629 * South latitude 149575.449134 * North latitude 752756.624659 * Extent contains the resource Yes Resource Points of Contact ▼►Point of contact  Individual's name Raquel Hunt Organization's name Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Contact's position GIS Program Manager Contact's role  custodian Resource Maintenance ▼►Resource maintenance  Update frequency  annually Resource Constraints ▼►Constraints  Limitations of use There are no access and use limitations for this item. Spatial Reference ▼►ArcGIS coordinate system  * Type Projected * Geographic coordinate reference GCS_North_American_1983_HARN * Projection NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Maryland_FIPS_1900_Feet * Coordinate reference details  Projected coordinate system  Well-known identifier 2893 X origin -120561100 Y origin -95444400 XY scale 36953082.294548117 Z origin -100000 Z scale 10000 M origin -100000 M scale 10000 XY tolerance 0.0032808333333333331 Z tolerance 0.001 M tolerance 0.001 High precision true Latest well-known identifier 2893 Well-known text PROJCS["NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Maryland_FIPS_1900_Feet",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983_HARN",DATUM["D_North_American_1983_HARN",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree"
num_resources 6
num_tags 12
title Railroad_Crossings_MD