{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-237.53","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 237.53","heading":"Railroad bridge inspectors.","body":"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.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER II—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","PART 237—BRIDGE SAFETY STANDARDS","Subpart C—Qualifications and Designations of Responsible Persons"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"3e656df0c459a78e6678b79a2d5d1b5f955048762f96c5224ec76df7f31a6c64","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-237.51","next":"us/49-cfr-237.55"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}