How many public crossings does BNSF Railway Company report in Illinois?
The FRA inventory of lists 1,058 public railroad crossings in Illinois with BNSF Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 1,058
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 944
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 69%
- Most trains a day reported
- 94
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 115
- Gate share compared with the state
- 15 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 69% of these crossings.
- Gates73369%
- Flashing lights without reported gates363%
- Signs without reported gates or lights17517%
- Other or not reported11411%
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.
- Laurel StTable Grove75 vehicles a day2020 road count
- CR-21 Loami RdFranklin200 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Ginder LnFranklin125 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Pisgah RdFranklin50 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Reinbach StFranklin150 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Flinn RdFranklin50 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Outing Club RdFranklin150 vehicles a day2024 road count
- West StFranklin1,350 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Ranson RdFranklin100 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Lead Line RdVirden75 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Waverly Lake RdWaverly100 vehicles a day2024 road count
- S Lyons RdWaverly100 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Miller StWaverly200 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Harker StWaverly150 vehicles a day2024 road count
- North StLowder150 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Gass RdLowder300 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Thayer RdLowder300 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Boggs RdVirden75 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Cemetary RdVirden325 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Dean StVirden500 vehicles a day2021 road count
- E 6th StVermont100 vehicles a day2020 road count
- CR-1400 NMetropolis250 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Knox Rd 300nAbingdon50 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 16th RdSmithboro50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Sale Bam AveSmithboro75 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Hookdale LnSmithboro50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Front StShattuc50 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Main StSorento500 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Pleasant Mound AvSmithboro250 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Singer TrSorento25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Kirkland TrSorento75 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Sorento AveSorento200 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Mulberry Grove RdKeyesport425 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Airport AveSmithboro175 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Hookdale AveSmithboro100 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 1st AveKeyesport25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Hunter School AveSmithboro50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Town Hall RdKeyesport10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Tamalco AveKeyesport75 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Brink RdShattuc75 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Junction RdCentralia25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Sand Ridge RdCentralia150 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Wiedle RdShattuc50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Gambill LnShattuc400 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Lake Villa RdShattuc10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Sandoval RdShattuc175 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Lippert RdCentralia25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Felton RdCentralia150 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Joliff Bridge RdCentralia800 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Main StSmithboro250 vehicles a day2020 road count
Report a blocked crossing
Call the number on the blue sign at the crossing first. The sign names the railroad and gives the crossing number.
BNSF's line for a train blocking a crossing: 1-800-832-5452. Choose option 3 when the call answers.
Have ready: the street or roadway, the city and the DOT crossing number from the blue sign at the crossing. Checked on on bnsf.com.
Then tell the Federal Railroad Administration with its blocked crossing reporter. FRA uses the reports only to track where crossings are blocked and what that causes.
If someone needs help right away, call 911. How to report a blocked crossing
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates