HIFLD OPEN Railroad Bridges

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA); Department of Homeland Security

Version:  View help for Version V1

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railroad-bridges-geopackage.zip application/zip 6.1 MB 11/06/2025 07:36:PM
railroad-bridges-shapefile.zip application/zip 5.7 MB 11/06/2025 07:36:PM

Project Citation: 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), and Department of Homeland Security. HIFLD OPEN Railroad Bridges. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-11-25. https://doi.org/10.3886/E240587V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title HIFLD OPEN Railroad Bridges
Summary:  View help for Summary The Railroad Bridges dataset was compiled on October 14, 2022 from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). A railroad bridge is defined as “Railroad bridge means any structure with a deck, regardless of length, which supports one or more railroad tracks, or any other undergrade structure with an individual span length of 10 feet or more located at such a depth that it is affected by live loads.” based on the Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR Part 237). The FRA does not have a mandate to inspect railroad bridges: these inspections are required by the owner of the track. The FRA will use this railroad bridge dataset to determine the number of bridges per railroad, state, etc. and will assist in determining priority field activities.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms HIFLD Open; GIS; FRA; NTAD; National Transportation Atlas Database; Rail; Railroad Bridges; Bridges; Transportation Ground; BTS; HIFLD; Feature Service; SDI; NSDI; Open Data; FGDC; Emergency Preparedness; Disaster Planning; Infrastructure
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2/23/2024 – 2/23/2024
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) geographic information system (GIS) data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Archived from the HIFLD Open GIS data repository, which was deactivated on August 26, 2025. (Downloaded 08/26)


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