23 CFR § 140.916 - Protection.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t23/s140.916"
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title: "23 CFR § 140.916 - Protection."
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "140.916"
section_name: "Protection."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "PAYMENT PROCEDURES"
part_number: "140"
part_name: "REIMBURSEMENT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "23 U.S.C. 101(e), 106, 109(e), 114(a), 120(g), 121, 122, 130, and 315; and 49 CFR 1.48(b)."
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# 140.916 Protection.

The cost of essential protective services which, in the opinion of a railroad company, are required to ensure safety to railroad operations during certain periods of the construction of a project, is reimbursable provided an item for such services is incorporated in the State-railroad agreement or in a work order issued by the State and approved by FHWA.