---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 237.1"
title: "49"
number: "237.1"
heading: "Application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/237.1"
---

# §237.1. Application.

- (a) Except as provided in paragraphs [(b)](#b) or [(c)](#c) of this section, this part applies to all owners of railroad track with a gage of two feet or more and which is supported by a bridge.
- (b) This part does not apply to bridges on track used exclusively for rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected with the general railroad system of transportation.
- (c) This part does not apply to bridges located within an installation which is not part of the general railroad system of transportation and over which trains are not operated by a railroad.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20114; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 41302, July 15, 2010, unless otherwise noted.