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.
- Keyser RdElmwood10 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Layne StEdwards75 vehicles a day2022 road count
- N Caterpillar RdEdwards75 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Henderson RdKnoxville4,350 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Market StKnoxville350 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Hebbard StKnoxville275 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Line StKnoxville225 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Carr StKnoxville250 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Knox Twp RoadKnoxville25 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Ill Hwy97Knoxville2,600 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Co Rd 12Gilson225 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Harding StGilson200 vehicles a day2022 road count
- First StMaquon100 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Knox Highway 22Yates City125 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Kent StYates City75 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Marietta StYates City100 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Union StYates City200 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Dixon StYates City250 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Knox Road 2300 EYates City500 vehicles a day2022 road count
- KnoxElmwood10 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Locust StElmwood75 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Walnut StElmwood75 vehicles a day2022 road count
- AltheaElmwood225 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Lilac StElmwood575 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Rose StElmwood125 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Knox Hwy 10Knoxville2,250 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Lafayette AveJacksonville700 vehicles a day2024 road count
- BrownJacksonville275 vehicles a day2024 road count
- N Clay AvenueJacksonville3,650 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Kramm RdEdwards225 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Co Hwy 21Gilson150 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 750 NMaquon50 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 1400 EGilson25 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Knox Road 2000 EYates City25 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Douglas RdYates City125 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Rock Hill RdElmwood100 vehicles a day2022 road count
- N McClellan RdElmwood250 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Dog Town LaneElmwood200 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Knox Road 1800 EMaquon25 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Co RdGilson25 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 1420 NKnoxville75 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Wolf Covered BrKnoxville350 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Swan AvCentralia675 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Swan AvCentralia675 vehicles a day2022 road count
- N Kickapoo-edwards RdEdwards3,300 vehicles a day2022 road count
- S Lincoln StreetLitchfield175 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 41st StBarstowNo road count has been reported.
- Faxon RoadPlano650 vehicles a day2019 road count
- S Leavitt StreetChicago1,050 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Lemont RoadLemont21,700 vehicles a day2024 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