How many railroad crossings are in Nashville, Tennessee?
The FRA inventory of lists 133 public railroad crossings in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Public crossings
- 133
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 127
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 39%
- Most trains a day reported
- 30
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 46
- 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.
- Gates5239%
- Flashing lights without reported gates2821%
- Signs without reported gates or lights4735%
- Other or not reported65%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
Which crossings in Nashville, Tennessee have the most trains?
- The crossing on Williams Avenue reports 30 trains a day.
- The crossing on Nesbitt Lane reports 29 trains a day.
- The crossing on West Monticello Avenue reports 23 trains a day.
- The crossing on 3rd Ave N reports 21 trains a day.
- The crossing on Old Dry Creek Road reports 20 trains a day.
They are on Williams Avenue, Nesbitt Lane, West Monticello Avenue, 3rd Ave N and Old Dry Creek Road. 4 of the 133 public crossings in Nashville, Tennessee have a quiet-zone designation.
Train quiet zones in Nashville, Tennessee
4 public crossings in Nashville, Tennessee have a quiet-zone designation.
- The crossing on 3rd Ave N is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with CSX Transportation as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on 2nd Ave is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with CSX Transportation as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on Chestnut Street is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with CSX Transportation as the reporting railroad.
- The crossing on 4th Ave South is in a 24-hour quiet zone, with CSX Transportation as the reporting railroad.
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.
- Williams AvenueNashville1,096 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Nesbitt LaneNashville1,782 vehicles a day2006 road count
- West Monticello AvenueNashville1,300 vehicles a day2006 road count
- 3rd Ave NNashville5,196 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Old Dry Creek RoadNashville20 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Bakers Station RdNashville236 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Delmas AvenueNashville906 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Foster StreetNashville245 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Trinity RoadNashville385 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Sadler AvenueNashville296 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Douglas AvenueNashville7,032 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Berry RoadNashville5,378 vehicles a day2006 road count
- McDaniel RoadNashville300 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Waggoner LnNashville27 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Richards RoadNashville500 vehicles a day1970 road count
- Reeves RoadNashville1,097 vehicles a day2006 road count
- 2nd AveNashville4,035 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Antioch PikeNashville10,114 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Craighead AvenueNashville5,996 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Old Lebanon DirtNashville62 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Chestnut StreetNashville8,560 vehicles a day2023 road count
- 4th Ave SouthNashville11,244 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Fesslers LaneNashville3,524 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Omohundro DriveNashville4,569 vehicles a day2006 road count
- River Hills DrNashville1,283 vehicles a day2007 road count
- McGavock PikeNashville14,722 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Old Lebanon RdNashville2,618 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Donelson PikeNashville15,503 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Stewarts Ferry PkNashville11,383 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Central PikeNashville10,212 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Old Hickory BlvdNashville25,053 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Andrew JacksonNashville18,103 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Tulip Grove RdNashville7,921 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Glenrose AvenueNashville1,062 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Thompson LaneNashville15,614 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Elm Hill PikeNashville10,684 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Menzler RoadNashville800 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Anthes DrNashville80 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Straightway AvenueNashville599 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Scott AvenueNashville1,324 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Porter RoadNashville3,354 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Rosebank AvenueNashville1,217 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Waters AvenueNashville199 vehicles a day2006 road count
- McGavock PikeNashville3,549 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Seventeenth Avenue NorthNashville1,797 vehicles a day2006 road count
- 18th Avenue NorthNashville128 vehicles a day2006 road count
- 19th Avenue NorthNashville1,134 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Clifton AvenueNashville2,024 vehicles a day2006 road count
- 12th Avenue NorthNashville2,683 vehicles a day2006 road count
- 16th Avenue NorthNashville875 vehicles a day2006 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Nashville? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Tennessee
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates