49 CFR § 237.53 - Railroad bridge inspectors.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s237.53"
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title: "49 CFR § 237.53 - Railroad bridge inspectors."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "237.53"
section_name: "Railroad bridge inspectors."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "237"
part_name: "BRIDGE SAFETY STANDARDS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 20102-20114; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 41302, July 15, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "237"
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# 237.53 Railroad bridge inspectors.

A railroad bridge inspector shall be a person who is determined by the track owner to be technically competent to view, measure, report and record the condition of a railroad bridge and its individual components which that person is designated to inspect. An inspector shall be designated to authorize or restrict the operation of railroad traffic over a bridge according to its immediate condition or state of repair.