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.
- Webster SteetMontgomery5,000 vehicles a day2023 road count
- E 23rd RdSomonauk250 vehicles a day2020 road count
- E 11th RdEarlville25 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Lawndale AveMcCook3,600 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Mulberry StGalesburg475 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Main StGladstone1,900 vehicles a day2023 road count
- E 5th RdMendota450 vehicles a day2020 road count
- E 4th RdMendota225 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 8th StMendota1,300 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 6th StMendota3,250 vehicles a day2023 road count
- 5th StMendota675 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 9th AveMendota550 vehicles a day2020 road count
- E 50th RdMendota100 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Knox Tr 221aMendota100 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Co Rd 2500nArlington50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Clarion RdArlington50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Co Rd 2400nArlington25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Co Rd 2300nArlington50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- E Clinton StArlington50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Main StArlington1,500 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Co Rd 2950eMalden100 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Co Rd 2100nMalden25 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Co Rd 2050nMalden75 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Co Rd 33Malden400 vehicles a day2020 road count
- East StMalden150 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Cherry StMalden150 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Co Rd 27Malden375 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Co Rd 1800nPrinceton200 vehicles a day2020 road count
- N Euclid AvePrinceton1,650 vehicles a day2020 road count
- N Main StPrinceton8,800 vehicles a day2023 road count
- W Railroad AvePrinceton1,450 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Epperson RdPrinceton700 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 1750th St EPrinceton25 vehicles a day1985 road count
- Co Rd 1600nWyanet325 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Co Rd 1600eWyanet450 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Main StWyanet3,450 vehicles a day2023 road count
- S Locust StWyanet450 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Co Rd 1200eBuda50 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Co Rd 1300nBuda50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Co Rd 9Galesburg1,600 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Mill RdBristol5,650 vehicles a day2026 road count
- Kennedy RdBristol7,450 vehicles a day2026 road count
- Cannonball TrailBristol3,200 vehicles a day2024 road count
- W Beecher RdBristol200 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Eldamain RdPlano8,100 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Needham RdPlano900 vehicles a day2024 road count
- S Lew StPlano2,900 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Hale StPlano3,100 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Center StPlano2,200 vehicles a day2024 road count
- West StPlano475 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