How many railroad crossings are in Essex County, Massachusetts?
The FRA inventory of lists 84 public railroad crossings in Essex County, Massachusetts.
- Public crossings
- 84
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 62
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 56%
- Most trains a day reported
- 58
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 19
- Gate share compared with the state
- 1 percentage point lower
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 56% of these crossings.
- Gates4756%
- Flashing lights without reported gates11%
- Signs without reported gates or lights1417%
- Other or not reported2226%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
School-bus routes
27 of 84 public crossings here are reported as on a school-bus route. 27 of those are reported as equipped with gates.
- On a school-bus route2732% of public crossings
- Of those, equipped with gates27100% 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.
- Bay RoadHamilton19,576 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Asbury StreetHamilton11,426 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Topsfield RoadIpswich9,412 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Washington StIpswich4,267 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Mineral StreetIpswich1,106 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Liberty StreetIpswich1,372 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Linebrook RoadIpswich4,208 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Railroad AvenueRowley88 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Hay StNewbury830 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Boston RoadNewbury773 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Hanover StNewbury2,630 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Tozer RoadBeverly6,396 vehicles a day2021 road count
- North Beverly Pedestrian WestBeverlyNo road count has been reported.
- North Beverly Pedestrian EastBeverlyNo road count has been reported.
- Ham-wen Station EastHamiltonNo road count has been reported.
- Ham-wen Station WestHamiltonNo road count has been reported.
- Newburyport StationNewburyNo road count has been reported.
- Rosemont StreetHaverhill6,176 vehicles a day2019 road count
- South BroadwayLawrence14,986 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Beacon StLawrence5,341 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Glenn StLawrence2,630 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Shepard StLawrence954 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Central SquarePeabody21,204 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Church StPeabody2,206 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Franklin StPeabody7,305 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Allen LanePeabody7,500 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Summit StPeabody28,550 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Corwin StPeabody3,353 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Pine StreetPeabody3,563 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Flint StSalem8,447 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Grove StSalem7,458 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Howley StPeabody6,210 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Caller StPeabody5,501 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Wallis StPeabody4,276 vehicles a day2019 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Essex County? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Massachusetts
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates