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.
- Washington AveBemidji8,660 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Clausen Ave SWBemidji750 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Irving Access LoopBemidji103 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Park Ave SWBemidji199 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Carr Lake Rd SEBemidji1,344 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 3rd St SWWilton1,065 vehicles a day2021 road count
- 3rd Ave SoCrookston3,200 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Robert StCrookston1,938 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Csah 62Cohasset1,557 vehicles a day2019 road count
- N Beier RdCohasset359 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Sherburne AveBeckerNo road count has been reported.
- Museum EntranceCamp Ripley U S Army1 vehicle a day2025 road count
- Csah 1Beardsley283 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 850th AveBeardsley3 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 840th AveBeardsley35 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 830th AveBeardsley11 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 820th AveBarry11 vehicles a day2012 road count
- CR-59Barry30 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 800th AveBarry3 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 790th AveBarry416 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Keystone StBarry3 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 780th AveBarry16 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 770th AveBarry20 vehicles a day2019 road count
- W 4th StGraceville416 vehicles a day2012 road count
- W 2nd StGraceville416 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Usth 12Willmar5,846 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Co Rd 5 WWillmar1,550 vehicles a day2009 road count
- NE Marshall StMinneapolis10,995 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Grand St NEMinneapolis824 vehicles a day2012 road count
- NE Grand StMinneapolis824 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 22nd Ave NEMinneapolis1,171 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Lowry Ave NEMinneapolis13,846 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 27th Ave NEMinneapolis3,614 vehicles a day2019 road count
- California St NEMinneapolis824 vehicles a day2012 road count
- NE Columbia AveMinneapolis1,374 vehicles a day2019 road count
- NE Marshall StMinneapolis8,349 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Eklund RdBrookston50 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Hwy 8Brookston150 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Benson RdBrookston40 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Ostman RdBrookston4 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Swan Lake RdBrookston610 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Co Rd 63Hibbing880 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Co Rd 63Hibbing880 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 1st AveHibbing1,800 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 3rd Ave EHibbing1,800 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 5th Ave EHibbing750 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 13th Ave EHibbing1,000 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 16th Ave EHibbing245 vehicles a day2019 road count
- E 13th StHibbing2,200 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Burton RdHibbing750 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