Level crossings

place where a road crosses a railway at the same level

bar or pole pivoted on a fixed support to block vehicular or pedestrian access through a controlled point

right|240px|thumbnail|The popular student hangout, Wudaokou, in northwestern Beijing at night right|240px|thumbnail|The (former) railway crossing under the Wudaokou subway station, click for animation thumb|right|240px|A train ready to pass Wudaokou on the last day of operation for the surface level railway line

thumb|200px|United States|American crossbucks at the intersection of Redrock Randsburg Road and the Southern Pacific (now [[Union Pacific) Railroad, in the Mojave Desert near Garlock, California, May 2004]]