85th Avenue railroad crossing in Oakland, California
DOT 749723LPublicAt gradeUnion Pacific Railroad Company
This crossing has gates and flashing lights. About 24 trains pass each day. About 9,731 vehicles cross each day. Counted in 2016. That count is 10 years old.
About 24 trains and 9,731 vehicles cross here each day.
Road traffic
9,731 vehicles a day
Road count year
2016
counted 2016, 10 years old
Reported train total
24 trains a day
Daytime trains
10 trains a day
Nighttime trains
10 trains a day
Switching trains
4 trains a day
Passenger trains
0 trains a day
School bus route
No
School-bus passes
Not reported / school day
Maximum rail speed
10 mph
Road speed limit
25 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.
Through trains per day
10 by day10 at night
Daytime and nighttime trains are reported in equal numbers.
From the FRA crossing inventory, week of 4 October 2026. Values are reported trains a day.
Daytime and nighttime trains are reported in equal numbers.
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Reports of blocked crossings
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1 incident was reported here since 2016.
Reports
1
People injured
0
People killed
0
The only matched report year is 2023.
Source: FRA incident reports matched to this crossing. Incident records cover 2016 through July 2026. 2026 is a partial year and cannot be compared directly with a full year.
The only matched report year is 2023.
Year
Reports
People injured
People killed
2016
0
0
0
2017
0
0
0
2018
0
0
0
2019
0
0
0
2020
0
0
0
2021
0
0
0
2022
0
0
0
2023
1
0
0
2024
0
0
0
2025
0
0
0
2026 (through July 31)
0
0
0
Reports dated 2016 through July 2026. 2026 covers incidents through 31 July 2026, a partial year. Counts are historical, not risk predictions.
Historical dates come from FRA reports. Recent dates show when Atlas observed a change. Neither confirms when work took place.
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1 project document names this crossing.
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.
85th Avenue
listed CON phase
Program
California Section 130 Railway-Highway Crossings Program
Year as reported
2014-2015
Amount, USD
Not listed
What the amount covers
not listed in source
7500227 85th Avenue Railroad 2014-2015 CON 5012 0015150312 75LX259 06/18/15 12/31/24 4 Alameda Oakland Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) 001D-12.60 749723L
Regional sample 5.3 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. They do not describe exact conditions at the crossing.