Shafter Sen. Dean Florez marked the completion of the railroad crossing at Merced Avenue and Highway 43 Monday by presenting commemorative rail spikes to the agencies that worked to make the improvements possible.
At Monday's dedication a woman whose husband was killed at the rail crossing told of her feelings about the new crossing arms.
"It makes me feel great,'' Gretchen Woodruff said. ''No one else will have to go through this tragedy. Because it's tragic. It's trauma.''
With the completion of the crossing arms at Merced, all five rail crossings along Highway 43 have crossing arms.
