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Railroad crossing updates for Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
What changed at the railroad crossings in Ouachita Parish, on one page: weekly record changes, quiet zones, blocked-train reports, grants and train activity.
FRA crossing inventory of .
- Public crossings
- 135
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 33%
- Most trains a day reported
- 41
See the public crossings in Ouachita Parish
Latest changes
Week of 19 October 2026: 7 crossings here had a recorded change.
- New records6
- More warning devices1
Crossings that changed
- Oliver Road, Monroe: added to the inventory
- Teakwood Drive, Monroe: added to the inventory
- Loop Road, Monroe: more warning devices
- Garden Lane, Monroe: added to the inventory
- Horseshoe Lake Road, Monroe: added to the inventory
- Deborah Drive, Monroe: added to the inventory
- Solvent Avenue, Sterlington: added to the inventory
Earlier weeks
- Week of 12 October 20261 crossing
Dates show when a change was observed in the federal inventory, not when it happened.
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Quiet zones
9 of 135 public crossings here are listed in a quiet zone.
- In a 24-hour quiet zone9
The quiet-zone status did not change at any public crossing here in the last 5 weeks.
A town’s quiet zone can start or end before the inventory catches up.
Trains blocking crossings
Louisiana law limits a train to 20 minutes blocking a road crossing, under La. Rev. Stat. § 48:391 (see also § 48:392). We found no Louisiana court ruling on this limit. Courts elsewhere have held similar limits preempted by federal law, so it may not be enforceable against railroads. Checked 16 October 2026.
The FRA lists 100 reports of trains blocking public crossings in this county.
Reports to the FRA by year
- 20203 reports
- 202113 reports
- 202219 reports
- 202320 reports
- 202415 reports
- 202515 reports
- 202615 reports
Reports through . FRA does not confirm the accuracy of the blocked crossing reports submitted to this portal. This collection is not designed to provide a representative sample or create generalizable statistics. The data gathered from this collection is not suitable for use in budgetary requests, nor regulatory proposals.
Blocked crossing rules in LouisianaHow to report a blocked crossing
Upgrades and grants
No federal grants are listed for Ouachita Parish yet. The Ouachita Parish crossing page lists crossings named on state grant lists.
Make a grant table of the crossings in Ouachita ParishOpen the Ouachita Parish crossing page
Train activity
See about how many trains a day pass near the middle of Ouachita Parish (the center of its public crossings), from counts the railroads report.
Check train activity near the middle of Ouachita Parish
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Sources: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and blocked crossing reports. Sources and dates