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General Order 64

 

Section VII

 

Detail Construction Requirements – Tower Lines

 

77    Crossings.

Where tower lines cross over important railroads (see 17 (t)) or important signal lines (see 17 (d)) or other tower lines of voltage exceeding 30,000 volts, the towers supporting the crossing spans shall be designed to withstand with the factors of safety of Section V the most severe conditions of temperature and loading therein specified, combined with the unbalanced pull which would be caused by any two broken or dead ended conductors in the span adjacent to the crossing.