How many railroad crossings are in Dakota County, Minnesota?
The FRA inventory of lists 114 public railroad crossings in Dakota County, Minnesota.
- Public crossings
- 114
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 111
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 39%
- Most trains a day reported
- 28
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 4
- Gate share compared with the state
- 4 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 39% of these crossings.
- Gates4439%
- Flashing lights without reported gates1211%
- Signs without reported gates or lights5548%
- Other or not reported33%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
School-bus routes
61 of 114 public crossings here are reported as on a school-bus route. 30 of those are reported as equipped with gates.
- On a school-bus route6154% of public crossings
- Of those, equipped with gates3049% 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.
- Burnsville ParkwyBurnsville8,400 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 117th Street EastInver Grove Heights675 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 185th St WLakeville13,800 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 188th St WLakeville1,310 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Jaguar Ave NLakeville675 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Ipava WayLakeville800 vehicles a day1995 road count
- Dodd BlvdLakeville9,300 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 207th St WLakeville1,800 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 210th St WLakeville6,330 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 168 Street WestLakeville1 vehicle a day1970 road count
- Southcross DriveBurnsville6,900 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Ped 208th StLakevilleNo road count has been reported.
- 284th StreetRandolph20 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Mississippi River GreenwaySouth St PaulNo road count has been reported.
Trains blocking a crossing in Dakota County? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Minnesota
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates