---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 24906"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "24906"
heading: "Eliminating highway at-grade crossings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/24906"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Rail Programs"
  - "Part C — Passenger Transportation"
  - "Chapter 249 — Northeast Corridor Improvement Program"
---

# §24906. Eliminating highway at-grade crossings

- (a) **Plan.—** In consultation with the [States](/usc/49/26105.md?p=5) on the main line of the [Northeast Corridor](/usc/49/24102.md?p=8), the [Secretary](/usc/49/22401.md?p=14) of Transportation shall develop a plan not later than September 30, 1993, to eliminate all highway at-grade crossings of the main line by not later than December 31, 1997. The plan may provide that eliminating a crossing is not required if—
  - (1) impracticable or unnecessary; and
  - (2) using the crossing is consistent with conditions the [Secretary](/usc/49/22401.md?p=14) considers appropriate to ensure safety.
- (b) **Amtrak’s Share of Costs.—** Amtrak shall pay 20 percent of the cost of eliminating each highway at-grade crossing under the plan.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 936.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 24906(a) | 45:650(a), (b). | Oct. 30, 1970, Pub. L. 91–518, 84 Stat. 1327, § 811; added Oct. 27, 1992, Pub. L. 102–533, § 2, 106 Stat. 3515. |
| 24906(b) | 45:650(c). |  |