How many railroad crossings are in Pennington County, South Dakota?
The FRA inventory of lists 81 public railroad crossings in Pennington County, South Dakota.
- Public crossings
- 81
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 80
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 5%
- Most trains a day reported
- 13
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 10
- Gate share compared with the state
- 3 percentage points 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 5% of these crossings.
- Gates45%
- Flashing lights without reported gates2632%
- Signs without reported gates or lights5062%
- Other or not reported11%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
School-bus routes
42 of 81 public crossings here are reported as on a school-bus route. 2 of those are reported as equipped with gates.
- On a school-bus route4252% of public crossings
- Of those, equipped with gates25% 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.
- Creighton RdWall209 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 4th AvenueWall992 vehicles a day2020 road count
- SD 240Wall613 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Not On NstriWall1 vehicle a day2020 road count
- Jensen RoadWasta32 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Elm StreetWasta70 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Stockyard RoadWasta2 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Baseline RoadWasta15 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 173rd AvenueOwanka35 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Sharpe RoadOwanka30 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 164th AvenueOwanka12 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 162nd AvenueNew Underwood17 vehicles a day2020 road count
- A AvenueNew Underwood230 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 159th AvenueNew Underwood31 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 156th AvenueNew Underwood357 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 155th AvenueNew Underwood30 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 153rd AvenueBox Elder30 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 151st AvenueHermosa380 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Spruce StreetBox Elder721 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Ellsworth Road SBox Elder2,132 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Radar Hill RoadBox Elder4,817 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Creek Drive NRapid City3,668 vehicles a day2020 road count
- North Street ERapid City16,664 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Lacrosse StreetRapid City18,355 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Milwaukee StreetRapid City380 vehicles a day2020 road count
- New York Street ERapid City2,682 vehicles a day2020 road count
- SD 44Rapid City10,849 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Eglin StreetRapid City5,312 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Pedestrian WalkwayWallNo road count has been reported.
- Hotel WayBox Elder1 vehicle a day2025 road count
- Maple AvenueRapid City3,446 vehicles a day2020 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Pennington County? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in South Dakota
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates