---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 237.53"
title: "49"
number: "237.53"
heading: "Railroad bridge inspectors."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/237.53"
---

# §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.


## 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.