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.
- Trapper AveSmithboro150 vehicles a day2020 road count
- US Highway 50Shattuc3,900 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Cranford RdShattuc50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- SeminaryGalesburg1,450 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 400 ESorento75 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Taylor StSorento525 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Dorris Creek RdSorento10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Reno RdSorento50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- W Ayers RdSorento75 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Ripson Bridge AveSmithboro125 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Doe Run RdSorento75 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Ayers RdSorento50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Ski Club RdSmithboro100 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Woburn RdSmithboro650 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Irongate TrlSmithboro25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- State Hwy 140Smithboro1,000 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Country Club AveSmithboro75 vehicles a day2020 road count
- State Hwy 127Sorento2,300 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Old Cypress RdVienna25 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Belknap RdVienna550 vehicles a day2021 road count
- CR-160 EMetropolis50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- CR-1500 NMetropolis25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Kamak RdMetropolis1,300 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Doug Sumner LnMetropolis100 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Concord RdConcord200 vehicles a dayRoad count year not reported
- Main StArenzville525 vehicles a day2023 road count
- St Peter RdArenzville150 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Literberry Triopia RdConcord150 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Liberty Ridge RdMetropolis50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Joppa RdMetropolis2,200 vehicles a day2020 road count
- County Rd 940nMetropolis300 vehicles a day2020 road count
- CR-1150 NMetropolis100 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 13th StreetCentralia375 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Cedar StGalesburg350 vehicles a day2022 road count
- ProspectGalesburgNo road count has been reported.
- Academy 3rd StGalesburg1,450 vehicles a day2022 road count
- S Abingdon StreetGalesburg75 vehicles a day2022 road count
- S HendersonGalesburg1,900 vehicles a day2022 road count
- S Henderson StGalesburg1,900 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Knox Road 100eGalesburg75 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 180th St/W Knox RdGalesburg25 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Satch RdChristopher100 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Dry RdChristopher50 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Yellow Banks RdChristopher1,050 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Sandburg RdFreeman Spur50 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Chittyville RdHerrin375 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Skyline DriveHerrin4,350 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Crenshaw RoadHerrin5,600 vehicles a day2021 road count
- CR-1950 NWoodlawn75 vehicles a day2021 road count
- County RoadWoodlawn50 vehicles a day2021 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