The station is manned owing to the need for crossing gates on the bridge road.

Federal guidelines say traffic lights and crossing gates should be linked when they are within 200 feet of each other.

The effectiveness of crossing gates is not disputed.

No Guarantee Even crossing gates are no guarantee against accidents.

Another measure is the number of crossing gates that motorists knock down.

Some of the route goes through residential areas and concerns about noise led to an innovative solution for the warning system at crossing gates.

These are then usually protected with crossing gates.

There is a signal box and manually operated crossing gates.

Thus, crossing gates, when closed to road traffic, crossed the entire width of the road.

Additional safety is attained through crossing gates that block automobiles' approach to the tracks when activated.