ukpga/Vict/2-3/45 — Highway (Railway Crossings) Act 1839

Highway (Railway Crossings) Act 1839 1839 c.45 An Act to amend an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth relating to Highways. [17th August 1839] Proprietors of Railroad to maintain Gates where any Railroad crosses the Highway, &c. 1 Wherever a railroad crosses or shall hereafter cross any turnpike road or any highway or statute labour road for carts or carriages in Great Britain the carriageway of a public road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984) , the proprietors or directors of the company of proprietors of the said railroad shall make and maintain good and sufficient gates across each end of such turnpike or other road as aforesaid carriageway at each of the said crossings, and shall employ good and proper persons to open and shut such gates, so that the persons, carts, or carriages passing along such turnpike or highway carriageway shall not be exposed to any danger or damage by the passing of any carriages or engines along the said railroad; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3