---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 237.51"
title: "49"
number: "237.51"
heading: "Railroad bridge engineers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/237.51"
---

# §237.51. Railroad bridge engineers.

- (a) A railroad bridge engineer shall be a person who is determined by the track owner to be competent to perform the following functions as they apply to the particular engineering work to be performed:
  - (1) Determine the forces and stresses in railroad bridges and bridge components;
  - (2) Prescribe safe loading conditions for railroad bridges;
  - (3) Prescribe inspection and maintenance procedures for railroad bridges; and
  - (4) **Design repairs and modifications to railroad bridges.**
- (b) The educational qualifications of a railroad bridge engineer shall include either:
  - (1) A degree in engineering granted by a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET, Inc. or its successor organization as a professional engineering curriculum, or a degree from a program accredited as a professional engineering curriculum by a foreign organization recognized by ABET, Inc. or its successor; or
  - (2) **Current registration as a professional engineer.**
- (c) Nothing in this part affects the States' authority to regulate the professional practice of engineering.

## 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.