How many railroad crossings are in Cook County, Illinois?
The FRA inventory of lists 841 public railroad crossings in Cook County, Illinois.
- Public crossings
- 841
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 768
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 65%
- Most trains a day reported
- 215
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 428
- Gate share compared with the state
- 11 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
Browse the listThe map shows the available locations on this page. Area shading may include crossings outside this group.
Gates are reported at 65% of these crossings.
- Gates55065%
- Flashing lights without reported gates9611%
- Signs without reported gates or lights12215%
- Other or not reported739%
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.
How many trains pass each crossing?
Public crossings are ordered by reported trains a day, from most to lowest.
- Pedestrian Station-metraPark Ridge1 vehicle a day1983 road count
- North Greenwood AvenuePark Ridge3,400 vehicles a day2022 road count
- North Dee RoadPark Ridge11,700 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Oakton StreetPark Ridge17,900 vehicles a day2023 road count
- South Des Plaines River RoadDes Plaines16,700 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Pearson StreetDes Plaines2,450 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 168th StreetSouth Holland1,800 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 173rd StreetSouth Holland2,250 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
- Arthur AvenueArlington Hts5,750 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 147th StreetMidlothian19,600 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Pulaski/CrawfordMidlothian16,800 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Central AveTinley Park6,250 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 167th StreetTinley Park13,700 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 66th CourtTinley Park325 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Oak Park AvenueTinley Park8,000 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 80th AveTinley Park15,900 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Pedestrian Station-metraDes Plaines1 vehicle a day1983 road count
- PedestrianMt Prospect1 vehicle a day1983 road count
- South Emerson StreetMt Prospect1,900 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Main StreetMt Prospect13,200 vehicles a day2023 road count
- West Central RoadMt Prospect19,000 vehicles a day2023 road count
- South Arlington Heights RoadArlington Hts18,800 vehicles a day2023 road count
- North Evergreen AvenueArlington Hts700 vehicles a day2022 road count
- North Dunton AvenueArlington Hts1,200 vehicles a day2022 road count
- North Vail AvenueArlington Hts875 vehicles a day2022 road count
- West Euclid AvenueArlington Hts13,400 vehicles a day2022 road count
- North Wilke RoadArlington Hts12,300 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Pedestrian Station-metraArlington Hts1 vehicle a day1983 road count
- Pedestrian Station-metraArlington Hts1 vehicle a day1983 road count
- Eleanor StreetThornton4,650 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Margaret StreetThornton10,250 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Juliette StreetThornton425 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Mt Prospect RoadDes Plaines12,700 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Rohlwing RoadArlington Hts3,350 vehicles a day2022 road count
- East Palatine RoadPalatine13,500 vehicles a day2023 road count
- North Plum Grove RoadPalatine3,800 vehicles a day2022 road count
- North Brockway StreetPalatine1,300 vehicles a day2022 road count
- North Ridge AvenueArlington Hts2,450 vehicles a day2022 road count
- W 99th StreetChicago17,200 vehicles a day2022 road count
- W 102nd PlaceChicago200 vehicles a day2022 road count
- W 103rd StreetChicago10,250 vehicles a day2022 road count
- W 104th StreetChicago325 vehicles a day2022 road count
- W 105th StreetChicago400 vehicles a day2022 road count
- W 107th StreetChicago5,250 vehicles a day2022 road count
- W 111th StreetChicago10,000 vehicles a day2023 road count
- W Monterey AvenueChicago19,800 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 115th StChicago6,750 vehicles a day2022 road count
- W 119th StreetChicago18,500 vehicles a day2023 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Cook County? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Illinois
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates