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Railroad crossing 028580A on SHIELDS AVE in FRESNO, California

The federal record lists a public crossing on SHIELDS AVE in FRESNO, California. The reported railroad is BNSF Railway Company.

Overview

Crossing028580A
SHIELDS AVE
FRESNO, FRESNO County, California
BNSF Railway Company
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Road traffic
19,836 vehicles / day
The reported road count year is 2016. About traffic counts and years
Reported trains
29 / day
These reported movements are not arrival times.

Location

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Source latitude
36.779455
Source longitude
-119.802479

Traffic

Road traffic
19,836 vehicles / day
Road count year
2016
Reported train total
29 / day
Daytime trains
15 / day
Nighttime trains
14 / day
Switching trains
0 / day
Passenger trains
12 / day
School bus route
No
School-bus passes
Not reported / school day
Maximum rail speed
79 mph
Road speed limit
40 mph

The daily train total combines reported daytime, nighttime and switching movements. These reported movements are not arrival times. How reported train totals work. A school bus that crosses and returns counts as two passes on a normal school day.

Equipment

Gate arms
4
Flashing-light pairs
6
Crossbuck assemblies
0
Stop signs
0

How warning equipment is recorded

Main tracks
1
Quiet-zone source value
No

All equipment counts are reported. Zero is shown only when the source reports zero.

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Incidents

Reports
6
People injured
3
People killed
5
Reports dated 2016 through July 2026; 2026 is a partial year. Counts are historical, not risk predictions.
YearReportsInjuredKilled
2017101
2018101
2019100
2020131
2025101
2026101
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Projects

Project documents

The reviewed documents contain 1 reference to this crossing. A reference does not confirm that construction was completed. Check the project stage and funding status in each source. See three examples of reading project documents.

Shields Avenue

listed PE phase
Program
California Section 130 Railway-Highway Crossings Program
Year as reported
2021-2022
Amount, USD
Not listed
What the amount covers
not listed in source
130L293 Shields Avenue Local Agency 2021-2022 PE 7510 0623000019 50LP293 08/02/22 12/31/24 6 Fresno Fresno N/A 002-1001.30 / FRE-1146 028580A

Surroundings

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Nearby land cover

The 2025 estimates cover roughly 10 hectares around each crossing.

Population and climate nearby

Modeled population in this map cell
2,266 · 2025
Regional population density
2,773 people/km² · 2020
Regional surface elevation
98 m
Average annual air temperature
17.3 °C
Average annual rain & snow
556 mm/year
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Regional sample 4 km from the reported crossing location. Climate averages cover 1979–2020.

What these figures describe

Population in the map cell comes from a 2025 WorldPop model, grouped into a hexagon containing the reported crossing coordinate. It is not a count of people who use the crossing. Unavailable estimates remain unknown.

Regional values use the nearest sample at roughly 5 km scale. Elevation dates from 2011–2015 and population density from 2020. They do not describe exact conditions at the crossing.

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2021 · 10 m source

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Nearby records

These records are within 5 km of the reported location. Distances are straight-line estimates.