How many railroad crossings are in Des Moines, Iowa?
The federal inventory lists 79 public railroad crossings in Des Moines, Iowa.
FRA inventory of .
- Public crossings
- 79
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 76
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 38%
- Most trains a day reported
- 29
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 7
- Gate share compared with the state
- 8 percentage points higher
Where these public crossings are.
Browse the listCrossings on page 1 in Des Moines
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Gates are reported at 38% of these crossings.
- Gates3038%
- Flashing lights without reported gates2329%
- Signs without reported gates or lights2329%
- Other or not reported34%
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.
- SOUTHEAST 36TH STREETDes Moines120 vehicles a day1978 road count
- SOUTH EAST 18TH STREETDes Moines3,410 vehicles a day1989 road count
- PARK AVENUEDes Moines14,900 vehicles a day2008 road count
- DEAN AVENUEDes Moines5,400 vehicles a day2000 road count
- E 4TH STREETDes Moines2,190 vehicles a day2016 road count
- NORTHEAST 54TH AVENUEDes Moines3,720 vehicles a day2016 road count
- DEAN AVENUEDes Moines3,560 vehicles a day2016 road count
- EAST WALNUT STREETDes Moines1,650 vehicles a day2000 road count
- CAPITOL AVENUEDes Moines260 vehicles a day2016 road count
- EAST GRAND AVENUEDes Moines2,760 vehicles a day2012 road count
- DES MOINES STREETDes Moines390 vehicles a day2016 road count
- HUBBELL AVENUEDes Moines8,800 vehicles a day2012 road count
- EASTON BOULEVARDDes Moines500 vehicles a day2016 road count
- BROADWAY AVENUEDes Moines4,740 vehicles a day2012 road count
- NORTHEAST 22ND STREETDes Moines5,300 vehicles a day2016 road count
- EAST MARKET STREETDes Moines1,850 vehicles a day2016 road count
- EVERGREEN AVENUEDes Moines150 vehicles a day2008 road count
- E 6TH STDes Moines9,700 vehicles a day2000 road count
- E 7TH STDes Moines2,480 vehicles a day1992 road count
- E 2ND STDes Moines967 vehicles a day1978 road count
- E 1ST STDes Moines2,531 vehicles a day1998 road count
- MAURY STREETDes Moines6,100 vehicles a day2012 road count
- E 5TH STDes Moines477 vehicles a day1978 road count
- SOUTHEAST 26TH STREETDes Moines50 vehicles a day1980 road count
- SW 16TH STDes Moines1,190 vehicles a day2000 road count
- SW WATER STREETDes Moines3,200 vehicles a day1992 road count
- SW 4TH STDes Moines2,531 vehicles a day1998 road count
- SW 7TH STDes Moines4,840 vehicles a day2016 road count
- SW 11TH / 12TH STDes Moines3,650 vehicles a day2012 road count
- CARLISLE RDDes Moines348 vehicles a day1978 road count
- PARK AVENUEDes Moines14,900 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Water WORKS PKWYDes Moines101 vehicles a day2010 road count
- EDWARDS AVEDes Moines853 vehicles a day1998 road count
- SE 4TH STDes Moines2,960 vehicles a day2000 road count
- SE 3RD STDes Moines2,531 vehicles a day1998 road count
- SW 2ND STDes Moines7,700 vehicles a day2004 road count
- SW 3RD STDes Moines7,600 vehicles a day2012 road count
- SW 5TH STDes Moines4,100 vehicles a day2016 road count
- SW 8TH STDes MoinesNo road count has been reported.
- SW 9TH STDes Moines17,600 vehicles a day2000 road count
- 6TH AVENUEDes Moines3,980 vehicles a day2012 road count
- DIXON STREETDes Moines4,290 vehicles a day2004 road count
- Northeast 54th AvenueDes Moines3,270 vehicles a day2016 road count
- NE 27TH AVEDes Moines2,570 vehicles a day2016 road count
- SW 63RD STDes Moines23,500 vehicles a day2024 road count
- SE 18TH STREETDes Moines3,170 vehicles a day2004 road count
- SCOTT BTW 20TH22Des Moines700 vehicles a day2004 road count
- MAURY STREETDes Moines6,100 vehicles a day2012 road count
- MAURY STREETDes Moines6,100 vehicles a day2012 road count
- SE 25th CourtDes Moines950 vehicles a dayRoad count year not reported
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates