How many railroad crossings are in Merrillville, Indiana?
The FRA inventory of lists 5 public railroad crossings in Merrillville, Indiana.
- Public crossings
- 5
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 5
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 80%
- Most trains a day reported
- 16
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 4
- Gate share compared with the state
- 36 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 80% of these crossings.
- Gates480%
- Flashing lights without reported gates00%
- Signs without reported gates or lights120%
- Other or not reported00%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
Which crossings in Merrillville, Indiana have the most trains?
- The crossing on Reder Rd Ost Trail reports 16 trains a day.
- The crossing on Hendricks Street reports 16 trains a day.
- The crossing on Taft St reports 16 trains a day.
- The crossing on Madison/Harrison reports 16 trains a day.
- The crossing on Broadway St reports 16 trains a day.
They are on Reder Rd Ost Trail, Hendricks Street, Taft St, Madison/Harrison and Broadway St. None of the 5 public crossings in Merrillville, Indiana has a quiet-zone designation.
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.
- Reder Rd Ost TrailMerrillville250 vehicles a day1986 road count
- Hendricks StreetMerrillville1,719 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Taft StMerrillville18,097 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Madison/HarrisonMerrillville7,416 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Broadway StMerrillville17,193 vehicles a day2018 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Merrillville? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Indiana
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates