How many railroad crossings are in Polk County, Iowa?
The FRA inventory of lists 154 public railroad crossings in Polk County, Iowa.
- Public crossings
- 154
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 151
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 35%
- Most trains a day reported
- 29
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 13
- Gate share compared with the state
- 5 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 35% of these crossings.
- Gates5435%
- Flashing lights without reported gates4529%
- Signs without reported gates or lights5234%
- Other or not reported32%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
School-bus routes
1 of 154 public crossings here is reported as on a school-bus route. It is reported as equipped with gates.
- On a school-bus route11% of public crossings
- Of those, equipped with gates1100% of route crossings
The FRA inventory says for each crossing whether it is on a school-bus route. A crossing not reported as on a school-bus route may still be on one.
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.
- 13th StreetWest Des Moines1,370 vehicles a day1998 road count
- South 11th StreetWest Des Moines1,900 vehicles a day1994 road count
- Swanson BlvdClive5,800 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Vandalia RoadDes Moines4,350 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Scott StreetDes Moines1 vehicle a dayRoad count year not reported
- E 7th StDes Moines2,480 vehicles a day1992 road count
- E 18th StreetDes Moines4,170 vehicles a day2016 road count
- E Market StreetDes Moines1,850 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Maury StreetDes Moines6,100 vehicles a day2012 road count
- SE 43rd StreetDes Moines2,400 vehicles a day1997 road count
- Martin Luther King AvenueDes MoinesNo road count has been reported.
- SE Fifteenth StreetDes MoinesNo road count has been reported.
- 13th StreetWest Des Moines1,370 vehicles a day1998 road count
- SE 21st StreetDes Moines184 vehicles a day1978 road count
- SE 22nd StreetDes MoinesNo road count has been reported.
- Capitol AvenueDes Moines853 vehicles a day1998 road count
- Broadway AvenueDes Moines6,400 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Northeast 22nd StreetDes Moines5,100 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Hull AvenueDes Moines2,860 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Eculid AvenueDes Moines14,000 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Madison AvenueDes Moines1,910 vehicles a day1980 road count
- Aurora StreetDes Moines2,310 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Broadway AvenueDes Moines8,200 vehicles a day2012 road count
- North East 44th AvenueDes Moines470 vehicles a day2012 road count
- North East 3rd StreetDes Moines2,920 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Northwest Hoffman LaneDes Moines1,290 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 60th StreetWest Des Moines12,200 vehicles a day2008 road count
- 50th StreetWest Des Moines15,600 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 39th StreetWest Des Moines760 vehicles a day1994 road count
- 35th StreetWest Des Moines12,400 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Prairie View DriveWest Des Moines2,410 vehicles a day1996 road count
- Ep True ParkwayWest Des Moines16,200 vehicles a day2008 road count
- SE 37th StGrimes6,000 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Meridith DrUrbandale15,400 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Douglas AveUrbandale13,400 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Swanson BlvdClive5,800 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Buffalo RdWest Des Moines7,900 vehicles a day1996 road count
- 73rd StWindsor Hts24,700 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Center StWest Des Moines930 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Hoak RdWest Des Moines500 vehicles a day1994 road count
- 63rd StDes Moines25,200 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Grand AveDes Moines14,900 vehicles a day2012 road count
- N Valley DrDes Moines304 vehicles a day1978 road count
- NE 52nd AveMitchellville170 vehicles a day2016 road count
- NE 110th StMitchellville170 vehicles a day2016 road count
- NE 96th StMitchellville660 vehicles a day2016 road count
- NE 54th AveMitchellville460 vehicles a day2016 road count
- NE 88th StAltoona240 vehicles a day2016 road count
- NE 80th StAltoona1,720 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 92nd StreetWest Des Moines289 vehicles a day2006 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Polk County? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Iowa
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates