65-6-205 - Minimum distance between track. - Tennessee Statutes

65-6-205. Minimum distance between track.

(a)  The minimum distance between the center lines of parallel standard gauge tracks shall be fourteen feet (14¢) except as provided in this section.

(b)  The center line of any standard gauge ladder track, constructed parallel to any other adjacent track, shall have a clearance of not less than eighteen feet (18¢) from the center line of such other track.

(c)  The minimum distance between the center lines of parallel team, house and industry tracks shall be thirteen feet (13¢).

(d)  Tracks constructed prior to April 13, 1949, may be maintained at such clearance as was lawful at the time of construction.

[Acts 1949, ch. 178, § 5; C. Supp. 1950, § 2670.5; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-627.]