How many public crossings does BNSF Railway Company report in Minnesota?
The FRA inventory of lists 1,361 public railroad crossings in Minnesota with BNSF Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 1,361
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 1,337
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 40%
- Most trains a day reported
- 32
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 109
- Gate share compared with the state
- 6 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 40% of these crossings.
- Gates54340%
- Flashing lights without reported gates413%
- Signs without reported gates or lights75355%
- Other or not reported242%
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.
- N 6th StBrainerd10,747 vehicles a day2021 road count
- S 4th StBrainerd3,834 vehicles a day2021 road count
- E River RdBrainerd1,481 vehicles a day2021 road count
- SW 4th StBrainerd9,800 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Highland Scenic RdBaxter3,450 vehicles a day2021 road count
- 11th AveEast Gull Lake1,414 vehicles a day2021 road count
- W Gull River Rd SWEast Gull Lake280 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 17th Ave SWEast Gull Lake47 vehicles a day2021 road count
- 21st Ave SWEast Gull Lake741 vehicles a day2021 road count
- 24th Ave SWEast Gull Lake16 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Crow Wing River DrPillager59 vehicles a day2021 road count
- River StPillager4,659 vehicles a day2021 road count
- W Cedar AvePillager117 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 132nd St SWPillager809 vehicles a day2021 road count
- 45th Ave SWPillager30 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 55th Ave SWPillager62 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 57th Ave SWMotley10 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 61st Ave SWMotley137 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 1st Ave NMotley416 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 2nd AveMotley10,007 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Spruce RdMotley42 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 321st AveMotley18 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Schmitz RdCloquet37 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Csah 5Cloquet631 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Buscko RdCloquet20 vehicles a dayRoad count year not reported
- Central Hall RdCloquet56 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Lammi RdCloquet38 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Beaver Claw RdBrook Park37 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Birch Bark RdBrook Park15 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Aspen RdBrook Park91 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Fox RdHinckley71 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Two Rivers RdHinckley46 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Csah 61Hinckley6,253 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Lawler Ave SHinckley1,513 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 2nd St SEHinckley416 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Main St EHinckley416 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 7th St NEHinckley416 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Airport RdSandstone45 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Mnth 123Sandstone3,954 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Oak StSandstone3,278 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Mnth 123Askov455 vehicles a day2019 road count
- GuvernorsvejAskov1,008 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Bregnedalgade StAskov416 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Partridge DrAskov45 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Mulling RdAskov5 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Root RdAskov45 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Starch RdBruno45 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Main StBruno434 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Pine StBruno200 vehicles a day2016 road count
- T-893Bruno11 vehicles a day2012 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