crossbuck
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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]]
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Within Vinony's link graph, crossbuck is referenced by 291 other articles, and connects out to traffic warning sign, United States and Finland.
Vinony files it under Level crossings, Railway safety and Traffic signs.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- traffic sign
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- Warning crosses
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Vienna Convention
- Variants around the world
- Crossbucks of the world
- Multiple tracks
- Advance warning
- Notes
- References
- External links
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]]
A crossbuck is a traffic sign used to indicate a level railway crossing. It is composed of two slats of wood or metal of equal length, fastened together on a pole in a saltire formation (resembling the letter X). Crossbucks are often supplemented by electrical warnings of flashing lights, a bell, and/or a boom barrier that descends to block the road and prevent traffic from crossing the tracks.
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