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.
- 150th StLe Mars50 vehicles a day2011 road count
- County RoadStruble270 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 130th StStruble20 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 120th StStruble20 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 4th StreetStruble130 vehicles a day2011 road count
- William StreetStruble289 vehicles a day1998 road count
- Main StStruble800 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 510th StStruble90 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 500th StStruble70 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 480th StMaurice25 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 4th StreetMaurice520 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 460th StMaurice10 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 450th StMaurice1,970 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 440th StSioux Center60 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 430th StSioux Center45 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 420th StSioux Center1,242 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 20th StreetSioux Center2,050 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 9th St SWSioux Center1,170 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 270th StRock Valley50 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 192nd StCouncil Bluffs370 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Carlisle RdDes Moines348 vehicles a day1978 road count
- Jinkins RdPacific Jctn130 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Ingrahm RdPacific Jctn40 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Hanna RdPacific Jctn20 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Gaston AvePacific Jctn10 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Eastman RdPacific Jctn10 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Allis RdPacific Jctn80 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Bunge AveCouncil Bluffs3,760 vehicles a day2016 road count
- 35th StFort Madison130 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 33rd StreetFort Madison1,250 vehicles a day1975 road count
- 23rd StreetFort Madison367 vehicles a day1999 road count
- 21st StreetFort Madison300 vehicles a day2000 road count
- 20th StreetFort Madison660 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 18th StreetFort Madison710 vehicles a day1994 road count
- 2nd StreetFort Madison2,810 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Willow Patch RdFort Madison20 vehicles a day1996 road count
- Dam RdKeokuk120 vehicles a day1983 road count
- Bank StKeokuk400 vehicles a day1975 road count
- Commercial StKeokuk970 vehicles a day2014 road count
- N Water StKeokuk200 vehicles a day1975 road count
- 10th StreetFort Madison120 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Koehler LaneMontrose25 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 274th StMontrose35 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 270th StreetFort Madison240 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Henry Layden DrFort Madison1,100 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 255th StFort Madison1,310 vehicles a day2014 road count
- County RoadFort Madison35 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 245th StreetFort Madison35 vehicles a day2014 road count
- US61OLDFort Madison200 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Ortho RdFort Madison720 vehicles a day2010 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.
Contact details on BNSF's website
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