How many railroad crossings are in Des Plaines, Illinois?
The federal inventory lists 33 public railroad crossings in Des Plaines, Illinois.
FRA inventory of .
- Public crossings
- 33
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 33
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 97%
- Most trains a day reported
- 69
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 9
- Gate share compared with the state
- 43 percentage points higher
Where these public crossings are.
Browse the listThe map shows the available locations on this page. Area shading may include crossings outside this group.
Gates are reported at 97% of these crossings.
- Gates3297%
- Flashing lights without reported gates13%
- Signs without reported gates or lights00%
- Other or not reported00%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
Incident counts cover January 2016 through 31 July 2026. They describe reported events, not a rating of crossings.
Traffic counts were collected at different times. Road count years appear with each record; train count years are not reported separately.
Compare the reported train traffic.
Public crossings are ordered by reported trains a day, from most to lowest.
- South Des Plaines River RoadDes Plaines16,700 vehicles a day2022 road count
- PEARSON STREETDes Plaines2,450 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Lee Street/US 12Des Plaines5,600 vehicles a day2023 road count
- GRACELAND AVENUEDes Plaines11,200 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Pedestrian Station-MetraDes Plaines1 vehicle a day1983 road count
- MT PROSPECT ROADDes Plaines12,700 vehicles a day2022 road count
- WEST TOUHY AVENUEDes Plaines31,500 vehicles a day2023 road count
- MT PROSPECT ROADDes Plaines11,300 vehicles a day2022 road count
- HOWARD AVENUEDes Plaines4,250 vehicles a day2022 road count
- EAST OAKTON STREETDes Plaines20,900 vehicles a day2023 road count
- EAST ALGONQUIN ROADDes Plaines9,150 vehicles a day2023 road count
- East Thacker StreetDes Plaines8,900 vehicles a day2022 road count
- South Wolf RoadDes Plaines11,000 vehicles a day2023 road count
- RAND ROAD/US 12Des Plaines20,300 vehicles a day2023 road count
- DES PLAINES RIVERDes Plaines18,600 vehicles a day2023 road count
- EAST RIVER ROADDes Plaines3,800 vehicles a day2022 road count
- West Touhy Ave temporary bypassDes Plaines31,500 vehicles a day2023 road count
- PRATT AVEDes Plaines2,250 vehicles a day2014 road count
- TOUHY AVEDes Plaines24,800 vehicles a day2015 road count
- FRONTAGE LANEDes Plaines1,200 vehicles a day2014 road count
- PROSPECT LNDes Plaines875 vehicles a day2014 road count
- OAKTON STDes Plaines20,300 vehicles a day2014 road count
- ALGONQUIN RDDes Plaines8,100 vehicles a day2010 road count
- LEE ST NBDes Plaines6,900 vehicles a day2015 road count
- GRACELAND AVEDes Plaines21,100 vehicles a day2015 road count
- THACKER STDes Plaines2,150 vehicles a day2014 road count
- PRAIRIE AVDes Plaines2,600 vehicles a day2014 road count
- WOODLAWN AVENUEDes Plaines175 vehicles a day2014 road count
- SEEGERS RDDes Plaines1,600 vehicles a day2010 road count
- GOLF RDDes Plaines25,600 vehicles a day2015 road count
- RAND RDDes Plaines19,000 vehicles a day2015 road count
- CENTRAL RDDes Plaines12,600 vehicles a day2014 road count
- GOLF ROADDes Plaines29,700 vehicles a day2023 road count
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates