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.
- Township RoadRaymond5 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Csah 4Wrenshall420 vehicles a day2002 road count
- South StHanley Falls641 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 180th AveHanley Falls75 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 170th AveCottonwood366 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 160th AveCottonwood18 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Csah 10Cottonwood1,202 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Main StCottonwood904 vehicles a day2019 road count
- W 1st StCottonwood1,052 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 375th StCottonwood22 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Csah 24Cottonwood391 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 290th AveCottonwood61 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 360th StCottonwood40 vehicles a day2016 road count
- 350th StCottonwood10 vehicles a day2013 road count
- 340th StMarshall109 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 270th AveMarshall41 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 128th St SWRaymond38 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Colfield StRaymond2,200 vehicles a day2009 road count
- County Line RdRaymond350 vehicles a day2009 road count
- 160th Ave SEClara City42 vehicles a day2009 road count
- County RoadClara City95 vehicles a day2009 road count
- 140th Ave SEClara City33 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 130th Ave SEClara City131 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 120th Ave SEClara City84 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Main St NClara City3,530 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 100th Ave SEClara City50 vehicles a day2016 road count
- 80th Ave SEMaynard55 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 70th St SEMaynard64 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Vardis StMaynard1,211 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Csah-4Maynard416 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 50th Ave SEMaynard11 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Chip Renville St SEMaynard25 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 40th Ave SEMaynard106 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 30th Ave SEMaynard544 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Palmer Creek RdGranite Falls87 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Dike RdGranite Falls415 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 9th AveGranite Falls1,302 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 14th StMoorhead1,897 vehicles a day2021 road count
- 8th StMoorhead4,176 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 3rd StCarlton6,110 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 30th AveBeaver Creek13 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 50th AveBeaver Creek15 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 51st StHills66 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 41st StHills61 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 21st StHills61 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 11th StHills131 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 10th AveBeaver Creek27 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 81st StBeaver Creek56 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Csah 4Beaver Creek942 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Csah 17Beaver Creek932 vehicles a day2019 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