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.
- 48th St/240th StFort Madison1,190 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 175th StreetFort Madison80 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 180th StreetFort Madison40 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 190th StFort Madison210 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 277th AvenueKeokuk90 vehicles a day1983 road count
- Pleasant Hill BlvdPleasant Hill6,300 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 3rd StBussey100 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Front StBurlington970 vehicles a day2010 road count
- McKinley StKnoxville480 vehicles a day1994 road count
- North BrobstKnoxville750 vehicles a day1983 road count
- Spring Lake RdBurlington40 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Sullivan Slough RBurlington340 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Cascade LandingBurlington289 vehicles a day2019 road count
- CessfordsBurlington40 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Green Bay RdFort Madison270 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Velvet AveCoon Rapids740 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Fifth AveCoon Rapids2,470 vehicles a day2004 road count
- Sixth AveCoon Rapids1,570 vehicles a day1992 road count
- Sycamore AveCoon Rapids40 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Prairie RdDedham30 vehicles a day2008 road count
- County RoadDedham890 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 300th RoadDedham15 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Kittyhawk RdTempleton50 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Ivy AveTempleton100 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Hawthorne RdTempleton60 vehicles a day2008 road count
- County RoadTempleton360 vehicles a day2012 road count
- County RoadTempleton45 vehicles a day2012 road count
- East Werton DrHamilton90 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Depot StHamilton289 vehicles a day1998 road count
- E Virginia StHamilton152 vehicles a day1998 road count
- 60e50sHamilton60 vehicles a day2006 road count
- 30e50sBussey20 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 7th StBussey60 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 6th StBussey130 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 5th StBussey1,180 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 4th StBussey80 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 2nd StBussey140 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 25e50sBussey30 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 65e50sHarvey160 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Summer StHarvey10 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 50e50sHarvey130 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 50e60sHarvey35 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Dubuque StreetSwan70 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Co RdRunnells50 vehicles a day2016 road count
- SE 108th StreetRunnells70 vehicles a day2016 road count
- SE Vandalia DriveRunnells150 vehicles a day2016 road count
- 80th St SERunnells20 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Vandalia RdPleasant Hill2,540 vehicles a day2016 road count
- RocheKnoxville1,430 vehicles a day2014 road count
- FirstKnoxville380 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.
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