How many railroad crossings are in Ames, Iowa?
The federal inventory lists 15 public railroad crossings in Ames, Iowa.
FRA inventory of .
- Public crossings
- 15
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 15
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 93%
- Most trains a day reported
- 51
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 1
- Gate share compared with the state
- 63 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 93% of these crossings.
- Gates1493%
- Flashing lights without reported gates00%
- Signs without reported gates or lights17%
- 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.
- 580TH AVENUEAmes860 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Duff AvenueAmes13,100 vehicles a day2023 road count
- KELLOGG AVENUEAmes2,570 vehicles a day2023 road count
- CLARK AVENUEAmes4,180 vehicles a day2023 road count
- North Hazel AvenueAmes1,160 vehicles a day2019 road count
- SCHOLL ROADAmes240 vehicles a day2023 road count
- NORTH DAKOTA AVENUEAmes1,210 vehicles a day2023 road count
- 13TH STREETAmes10,600 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 16TH STREETAmes1,090 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 20TH STREETAmes3,340 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 190TH STREETAmes1,100 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 180TH STREETAmes30 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 9TH STREETAmes1,070 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 24TH STREETAmes9,300 vehicles a day2011 road count
- BLOOMINGTON ROADAmes4,172 vehicles a day2024 road count
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates