How many public crossings does BNSF Railway Company report in Iowa?
The FRA inventory of lists 507 public railroad crossings in Iowa with BNSF Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 507
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 501
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 47%
- Most trains a day reported
- 58
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 39
- Gate share compared with the state
- 17 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 47% of these crossings.
- Gates24047%
- Flashing lights without reported gates428%
- Signs without reported gates or lights21943%
- Other or not reported61%
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.
- 6th StFort Madison560 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 295th StFort Madison160 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Ia SH 460Fort Madison240 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 300th StFort Madison100 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Belfast RdFort Madison30 vehicles a day2010 road count
- East Ortho RdFort Madison530 vehicles a day2010 road count
- West Ortho RdFort Madison60 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 245th AveFort Madison80 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 239th AveFort Madison120 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 20th StFort Madison710 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Ellison AvePacific Jctn290 vehicles a day2016 road count
- S Market StOttumwa6,100 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 4th StFairfield3,150 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Lucas StBurlington530 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Dmc Hwy 34West Burlington2,440 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Clarke-union AveMurray110 vehicles a day2004 road count
- Co Rd H40Melrose60 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Kitterman AveOttumwa2,240 vehicles a day2018 road count
- S Clay StOttumwa620 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Mclean StOttumwa620 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Beaverdale RdWest Burlington2,290 vehicles a day2014 road count
- North Sunset DrWest Burlington310 vehicles a day1986 road count
- Washington RdWest Burlington810 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Gear AveWest Burlington1,170 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 4th StBurlington810 vehicles a day2007 road count
- 5th StBurlington440 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Valley StBurlington1,140 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Jefferson StBurlington1,250 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Elm StChillicothe620 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Iowa AveOttumwa2,170 vehicles a day2018 road count
- S Green StOttumwa570 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 80th AveAgency10 vehicles a day2014 road count
- S Hazel StAgency270 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Alpine RdAgency470 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Wapello RdAgency60 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 56th AveAgency35 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 4th StBatavia650 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 20th AveBatavia70 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 30th AveAgency20 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 9th StFairfield1,980 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Main StFairfield510 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Court StFairfield420 vehicles a day2014 road count
- B - StFairfield1,120 vehicles a day2022 road count
- North D StFairfield1,450 vehicles a day2022 road count
- N White StMt Pleasant490 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Broadway StMt Pleasant2,670 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Main StreetMt Pleasant820 vehicles a day2014 road count
- N Adams StMt Pleasant520 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Lincoln StMt Pleasant1,920 vehicles a day2014 road count
- N Cherry StMt Pleasant2,540 vehicles a day2014 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