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.
- 45th St NWWillmar1 vehicle a day2021 road count
- 2nd AveBrookston405 vehicles a day2019 road count
- University AveSaint Francis720 vehicles a day2016 road count
- 370th StBreckenridge12 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Quimby Ave SWCokato73 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 30th Ave SEBenson50 vehicles a day2016 road count
- 20th Ave NEBenson204 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 330th StClontarf56 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 14th St SBenson7,300 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 13th St SBenson1,415 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 12th St SBenson1,364 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 2nd Ave NEEast Grand Forks7,400 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Central Ave NEEast Grand Forks830 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Crow Wing River Dr SWPillager142 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Gabler AveIndependence6,010 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 3rd StAtwater416 vehicles a day2012 road count
- County Road 4Atwater691 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 135th StreetKandiyohi84 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 120th St NEKandiyohi61 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 98th StreetKandiyohi24 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 4th StKandiyohi1,503 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 71st St NEKandiyohi38 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 60th St NEKandiyohi126 vehicles a day2019 road count
- BroadwayCloquet932 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Canoe Access RdCloquet4 vehicles a day2012 road count
- North AveCarlton416 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Mndot Gravel PitCloquet500 vehicles a dayRoad count year not reported
- 3rd St NDassel416 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 4th St SDassel1,450 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 713th AveDassel109 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 708th AveDassel109 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Private DriveDassel6 vehicles a day2009 road count
- 237th StDarwin183 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 1st StDarwin1,950 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Csah 9Darwin680 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 650th AveLitchfield75 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Davis Ave SLitchfield1,550 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Holcombe Ave SLitchfield1,100 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Sibley AveLitchfield8,600 vehicles a day2019 road count
- S Swift AveLitchfield1,600 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Csah 1Litchfield1,400 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 273rd StLitchfield960 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 560th AveGrove City77 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Second StGrove City408 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Mnth 4Grove City1,800 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 515th AveAtwater108 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Kandi Meeker RdAtwater135 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 10th St SWWillmar1,904 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Main St SAtwater1,603 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 13th AveHoward Lake416 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