How many railroad crossings are in Council Bluffs, Iowa?
The FRA inventory of lists 56 public railroad crossings in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
- Public crossings
- 56
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 55
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 43%
- Most trains a day reported
- 50
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 5
- Gate share compared with the state
- 13 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 43% of these crossings.
- Gates2443%
- Flashing lights without reported gates916%
- Signs without reported gates or lights2239%
- Other or not reported12%
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.
- 14th AvenueCouncil Bluffs260 vehicles a day2012 road count
- N 25th StCouncil Bluffs950 vehicles a day2012 road count
- S. 16th AveCouncil Bluffs10,471 vehicles a day1983 road count
- Nash BlvdCouncil Bluffs3,910 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 8th St SCouncil Bluffs3,260 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 29th AveCouncil Bluffs571 vehicles a day2014 road count
Crossings in Pottawattamie County
Trains blocking a crossing in Council Bluffs? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Iowa
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates