How many railroad crossings are in Tacoma, Washington?
The FRA inventory of lists 85 public railroad crossings in Tacoma, Washington.
- Public crossings
- 85
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 81
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 20%
- Most trains a day reported
- 32
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 38
- Gate share compared with the state
- 15 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 20% of these crossings.
- Gates1720%
- Flashing lights without reported gates1821%
- Signs without reported gates or lights4654%
- Other or not reported45%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
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.
- St Paul AveTacoma3,711 vehicles a day1988 road count
- E 15th StTacoma4,292 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Lincoln StTacoma3,799 vehicles a day1988 road count
- E 18th StTacoma100 vehicles a day1988 road count
- E 18th StTacoma100 vehicles a day1989 road count
- E 15th StTacoma1,000 vehicles a day1988 road count
- E 3rd StTacoma100 vehicles a day1988 road count
- East 46th StTacoma2,000 vehicles a day1988 road count
- East 56th StTacoma8,190 vehicles a day1988 road count
- East 60th StTacoma3,000 vehicles a day1988 road count
- East 64th StTacoma3,250 vehicles a day1988 road count
- East 69th StTacoma50 vehicles a day1988 road count
- East 72nd StTacoma11,470 vehicles a day1988 road count
- McKinley AveTacoma2,209 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 85th St ETacoma4,025 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Golden Given Rd ETacoma6,300 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 90th St ETacoma300 vehicles a day2008 road count
- 99th St EastTacoma3,460 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Cleveland WayTacoma10 vehicles a day1988 road count
- East 15th Street/East J StreetTacoma3,711 vehicles a day1988 road count
- St Paul AvenueTacoma4,249 vehicles a day1988 road count
- East Portland AvenueTacomaNo road count has been reported.
- Alexander AveTacoma4,352 vehicles a day1999 road count
- Alexander AveTacoma1,700 vehicles a dayRoad count year not reported
- Taylor WayTacoma3,889 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Taylor WayTacoma3,889 vehicles a day1988 road count
- SR 509-nbeTacoma500 vehicles a day1988 road count
- E 3rd StTacomaNo road count has been reported.
- SR509-SBWTacoma30,000 vehicles a day2020 road count
- SR509 SbwTacoma15,500 vehicles a day1999 road count
- Lincoln AveTacoma4,182 vehicles a day2006 road count
- S Burlington WayTacoma200 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Alexander AveTacoma2,604 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Maritime Center DriveTacoma1 vehicle a day2026 road count
- Lincoln AveTacomaNo road count has been reported.
Trains blocking a crossing in Tacoma? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in Washington
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates