Tex. Transportation Code § 191.002
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 191.002, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 191.002. DISTANCE OF STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS FROM TRACKS.
Official statutory text
(a) A loading platform, house, fence, or other structure built, and lumber, wood, or other material placed, along a railroad in this state, either on or near the right-of-way of a main line or on or near a spur, switch, or siding of the railroad, shall be built or placed so that the nearest edge of the platform, the wall of the building, or the material is at least 8-1/2 feet from the center of the main line, spur, switch, or siding.
(b) The edge of a roof projection from a loading platform along a railroad main track, siding track, spur, or switch shall be at least 8-1/2 feet horizontally from the center of the track.
(b) The edge of a roof projection from a loading platform along a railroad main track, siding track, spur, or switch shall be at least 8-1/2 feet horizontally from the center of the track.
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